The opioid crisis is more than overdoses

John E Lopes¹

• ¹John E. Lopes, Jr., is project director for the Physician Assistant Education Association's Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Waiver Training Initiative. He is an associate professor in the PA program at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich., and practices at Michigan Therapeutic Consultants, an opioid treatment program in Mount Pleasant. The author discloses that funding for the PAEA MAT waiver training initiative was made possible by grant No. 1H79TI080816-01 from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the US government. The author has disclosed no other potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.