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Capito, Colleagues Call on DEA to Remove Barriers to Lifesaving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
May 13, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter:

Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group of senators - led by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) - in calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to take further action to remove barriers to buprenorphine, a lifesaving drug used to treat opioid use disorder.

Specifically, the senators are urging the DEA to in . . .

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