Buffalo Opiate Task Force takes on training doctors, nurses to fight addiction

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – There’s a new way leaders in education are trying to fight the opioid epidemic. A new state grant will help the University at Buffalo train physicians and nurses on how to medically treat people who are addicted to opioids.
University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions is at the forefront of a training effort to fight the opioid crisis in Western New York and across the state.
RIA Director Dr. Kenneth Leonard says there is an FDA-approved