Resolutions urging the Congress of the United States to update the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 and remove excessive training requirements mandated for obtaining a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine

This Massachusetts resolution urges Congress to eliminate an 8-hour training requirement and exam needed for physicians to prescribe buprenorphine (a medication used to treat opioid addiction). Current rules - unlike those for other similar drugs - require a special DEA waiver, which the resolution argues creates unnecessary barriers to treatment. The resolution has no direct effect but seeks to prompt federal action on updating the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000. It specifically targets the prescribing process for buprenorphine, not broader opioid policy.