A SHONDA AND A SCANDAL –
April 29 2023 – “The watershed was about 10 years ago, because before that doctors prescribed alternatives and there was less access to opioids. It wasn’t as easy for patients to get them as is it today,” said Prof. Nadav Davidovitch, co-author of the report and the Taub Center’s principal researcher and health policy program chair, as well as head of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s School of Public Health. The Taub Center report suggests that although the situation is dire, it is not insurmountable. Public health and addiction experts are working with the Health Ministry on a three-year plan that takes into consideration the report’s recommendation for a coordinated and integrated national program. The multiple stakeholders include government, physicians, drug companies, HMOs, patients’ organizations, law enforcement, and mental health and social welfare providers.
