TY to all who attended @AMERSA_tweets #amersa2020 oral abstract sessions on COVID19 & addiction. For those unable to join wanted to highlight a few of my slides "Increased buprenorphine accessibility in rural communities during covid19 - a case report" @BuchheitBradley 1/ I won't include case details but can highlight general points & lessons learned. A lot of my experience in using telehealth to increase access to buprenorphine in rural areas is relevant to the X the X waiver(?) spicy debate! Excellent job @DrSarahWakeman & @DrMelissaWeimer 2/

Excited for @honoraenglander Marquam Hill Lecture “reframing addiction: healing amid an opioid epidemic” @OHSUSOM @OHSU_DHM @OHSUNews (will thread a few highlight slides below) We have historically taken an abstinence only “just say no” approach to how we treat drug use and addiction which has been shown to not work. We need a new approach and framework