Doctors, companies push to keep looser, pandemic-era rules for prescribing opioid addiction treatment via telemedicine

"The idea of having to travel every day to pick up your medication is just another barrier set up," said Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) of the loosening of prescribing rules. "It is time that we start treating [people with opioid use disorder] as you would your family, get them access to treatment and work with them just like you would any other disease."