Q: Hello , I am asking about the Virginia HB 2163, is it legal to take away someones right for a medication?
I am a patient that is being treated for opioid dependency. I am worried about this bill that may become law. I have a documented allergy on file to suboxone so I am treated with mono buprenorphine. This law would make it illegal for a doctor to write it to me. I didnt know what law practice area to look under. Id like to know if when signed when would it go into effect, I assume July 1st if this year.
A: You need to speak with the group that is lobbying against it. Who those are I wouldn't know. Look at newpaper articles on it--it will usually say "......however, Billie Joe McAlister, spokesperson for Not So Fast, a group of opiod treatment professionals said that......." With the internet shouldn' t be hard for someone to fijnd.
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