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D4DPR on Substack: "How are Methadone and Buprenorphine Different from Street Drugs?" by Emma Yasinski

D4DPR on Substack: "How are Methadone and Buprenorphine Different from Street Drugs?" by Emma Yasinski

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August 15, 2025
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Health journalist Emma Yasinski spoke with D4DPR board member Dr. Julio Nunes and Dr. Bruce Trigg (author of D4DPR's position paper on "Prioritizing Opiate Settlement Funds") to explain for lay readers how medications for opioid use disorders are different from illicit opioids. The piece aims to dispel the myth that opioid agonist medications just substitute one drug for another. Listen or read the transcript on Substack.

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