The Trump administration sought to go around Congress’s requirements by issuing new “clinical guidelines” that would have enabled doctors with a Drug Enforcement Administration narcotics prescribing license to avoid the training. Two officials said the Trump administration had rushed the plan after McCance-Katz’s sudden departure by installing an acting replacement who greenlit the policy. One official said the administration had moved so quickly that it failed to get necessary clearance from the White House budget office. ADAD“There is no other medication in the country where you have to take an eight-hour training to prescribe it,” Sue said. “The weight of the evidence supports removing the X waiver,” Roy said, “and the weight of the evidence shows it will save lives.”HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Source: Washington Post January 25, 2021 21:33 UTC