AGD welcomes the reauthorization of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, originally enacted in 2018 to comprehensively address the opioid epidemic. With this bill signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on Dec. 1, AGD is now explicitly included as an approved provider of training for managing patients with substance abuse disorders (SUDs) as a condition of receiving or renewing a registration to prescribe controlled substance use.

“The signing of this bill is the result of persistent advocacy and a shared commitment to improving care and ensuring that general dentists have access to a range of training programs needed to fully care for their patients,” said AGD President Marc J. Worob, DDS, FAGD, FACD, FICD, FAOSH.

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