Chris Smith: In Utah, we need compassionate, immediate care for opioid use disorder
People struggling with opioid use disorder should have easier access to buprenorphine.
(Ted S. Warren | AP photo)
In this Nov. 14, 2019, photo, Jon Combes holds his bottle of buprenorphine, a medicine that prevents withdrawal sickness in people trying to stop using opiates, as he prepares to take a dose in a clinic in Olympia, Wash.