The American Medical Association’s 2025 Report on Substance Use and Treatment notes a decline in overdose deaths while also underscoring the continued complexity of the epidemic amid rising polysubstance use and an increasingly unpredictable illicit drug supply. The report emphasizes the lifesaving impact of expanded access to medications and urges action to remove barriers that delay access to evidence-based pain care, medications for opioid use disorder and naloxone.

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