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Against Our Instincts: Decriminalization of Buprenorphine

John C. Messinger, Anand Chukka and J. Wesley Boyd
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2022, 35 (2) 394-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210308
John C. Messinger
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vol. 35 no. 2 394-397
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210308
PubMed 
35379727

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication July 17, 2021
  • Revision received September 10, 2021
  • Accepted for publication September 15, 2021
  • Published online April 4, 2022.

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  1. John C. Messinger, BS,
  2. Anand Chukka, AB and
  3. J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD
  1. From the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (JCM, AC, WB); Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (WB).
  1. Corresponding author: J. Wesley Boyd, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Suite 310D, Houston, TX 77030 (E-mail: JWesley.Boyd{at}bcm.edu).
  1. *Co-first authors contributed equally to this publication (JCM and AC).

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John C. Messinger, Anand Chukka, J. Wesley Boyd
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2022, 35 (2) 394-397; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210308

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John C. Messinger, Anand Chukka, J. Wesley Boyd
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2022, 35 (2) 394-397; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210308
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