Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing Prescribing of Opioids and Buprenorphine [18 VAC 85 ‑ 21]
Action Initial regulations
Stage Emergency/NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 5/3/2017
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4/17/17  12:13 am
Commenter: Dustin Walker

Less regulations = greater chance at recovery
 
Less access and less regulations will in fact make these drugs that treat addiction more accessible and easier access will lead to greater successfully recovery! Once an addict has decided that they need to seek help there isn't anything that anyone could do to justify addicts not being able to access these drugs that literally save people's lives! My best friend was cut off at the methadone clinic due to failing a drug test and he was put on an administrative taper and less then 10 days after they refused to dose him anymore he was shot and killed in a drug deal gone bad in January of this year! These programs and these drugs literally save people's lives, so please do not take away more people's access and send them into the streets of Richmond city to try and score their drugs just so that they can maintain and not get sick and be able to maintain their jobs and go to work every day and be a positive contributer to out city and our population! You guys are literally playing with life and death for these addicts and with great responsibility it requires great knowledge so I beg of you all to research what these drugs have done to help out members of our society! We don't need anymore Joseph Boyle's out here being murdered in your city all because yall wanted to further regulate something to pad out Dr's and other people's pockets! This is literally life or death! And if you disagree with what I am saying please look up my best friend Joseph Boyle who was shot and killed in Richmond right off of broadrock on Sneed road just a few months back!
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