The organization is asking that the bill be postponed until next year’s legislative session to “give all interested parties — both those representing concerns about substance abuse and those representing the undertreatment of pain — time to come together to develop a consensus about what policy changes will address the abuse/overdose problem while simultaneously not impeding access to good care for the many more individuals affected by pain.”
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