<ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>The United States government said it will ban the wildly popular smartphone app <keyword id="6762469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TikTok">TikTok</keyword> from September 20.<br /></strong></li><li><strong>The threat comes amid ongoing negotiations between TikTok's parent firm <keyword id="3749909" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bytedance">ByteDance</keyword> to sell the app's US operations. President Trump has accused TikTok of being used to collect data on Americans for the Chinese government.</strong></li><li><strong>In an order published Friday morning, the US <keyword id="113018" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Department-of-Commerce">Department of Commerce</keyword> gave TikTok until September 20 — this Sunday — before banning its ability to transact business in the US.</strong></li><li><strong>From Sunday this potentially means the app will no longer be able to be updated through either Apple or Google's digital storefronts.</strong></li><li><strong>The app may also outright stop functioning on November 12 as the US government will bar internet service providers from "enabling the functioning or optimization of the mobile application in the US." </strong></li></ul><p>Starting this Sunday, September 20, the wildly popular video app TikTok will no longer be available through Apple and Google's digital storefronts. </p><p>Moreover, if you've already got the app, future updates won't be allowed.</p><p>That's according to <a href="https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2020/09/commerce-department-prohibits-wechat-and-tiktok-transactions-protect">an order published by the US Department of Commerce</a> on Friday morning which says that starting on September 20, 2020, TikTok will be barred from software updates and distribution in the US.</p><p>For Apple and Google smartphone users in the US, that means TikTok could disappear from their respective app stores, and any updates to the app may not be processed. If you already have the app on your phone, however, it won't just disappear.</p><p>The order also bans companies in the US from "enabling the functioning or optimization of the mobile application in the US," from November 12, which would effectively stop existing users from continuing to use TikTok.</p><p>Whether any of this will happen remains to be seen.</p><p>The order follows the Trump adminstration's wider efforts to force a sale of TikTok's US business to a US firm in the name of national security. </p><p>President Trump has repeatedly insisted that TikTok, because it is owned and operated by a Chinese company, is collecting information from users in the US and feeding that information to the Chinese government. </p><p>ByteDance has reportedly negotiated some kind of deal over TikTok's US operations with US tech giant Oracle, which is awaiting the green light from the <keyword id="6356037" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="white-house">White House</keyword>. If this deal is approved and confirmed by Sunday, it could obviate the order entirely, <a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1N2GF039">Reuters reported</a>.</p><p>With over 100 million users in the US, TikTok has grown as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the country in 2020. </p><p>Representatives for Apple and Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment as of publishing.</p><p><em><strong>Got a tip?</strong> Contact Business Insider senior correspondent Ben Gilbert via email (<a href="mailto:bgilbert@businessinsider.com">bgilbert@businessinsider.com</a>),</em><em> or Twitter DM (<a href="https://twitter.com/RealBenGilbert">@realbengilbert</a>). We can keep sources anonymous. Use a non-work device to reach out. PR pitches by email only, please.</em></p>

The US is about to ban TikTok. Here's what that means for users.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>The wildly popular smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat will be banned in the US starting on September 20, the US government announced on Friday morning.</strong></li><li><strong>CFIUS, the same Treasury group that initated those investigations, is now looking into "Fortnite" maker <keyword id="349789" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Epic-Games">Epic Games</keyword> and "League of Legends" maker <keyword id="2850099" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Riot-Games">Riot Games</keyword> due to their associations with the Chinese conglomerate <keyword id="212412" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tencent">Tencent</keyword>, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-17/tencent-s-game-investments-draw-u-s-national-security-scrutiny">Bloomberg reported</a>.</strong></li><li>Tencent, which owns WeChat, wholly owns Riot Games and owns a 40% stake in <keyword id="6399901" type="AGENCY" weightage="60" keywordseo="epic">Epic</keyword> Games. </li></ul><p>After taking action against the wildly popular smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat, President Trump's administration appears to be setting its sights on the <keyword id="6357332" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Gaming">gaming</keyword> studios behind two of the biggest games in the world: "Fortnite" and "League of Legends."</p><p>The same government body that investigated TikTok and WeChat is now looking into Epic Games and Riot Games, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-17/tencent-s-game-investments-draw-u-s-national-security-scrutiny">according to a new Bloomberg report</a>. Both companies received letters from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS), the report states, regarding how they handle security for American user data, the report says.</p><p>The issue appears to be the two companies' relationship with Chinese conglomerate Tencent. </p><p>Tencent owns a 40% stake in Epic Games, based in Cary, North Carolina, and wholly owns Riot Games, based in Los Angeles, California. Epic is most well-known for "Fortnite," but also operates other popular games, including "Rocket League." Riot is most well-known for "League of Legends" and, more recently, "Valorant." Both companies operate games with hundreds of millions of players.</p><p>Tencent itself is far from a bit player in the world of gaming — it's quietly <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-tencent-games-explainer-2019-8">the biggest game company in the world</a>. Aside from its significant stake in Epic and outright ownership of Riot Games, Tencent has investments in Supercell, Ubisoft, Activision, and other notable game publishers. </p><p>The company is already facing scrutiny from the US government for its ownership of WeChat, one of two major apps run by Chinese companies that were banned in a federal order on Friday morning.</p><p>Starting this Sunday, September 20, the wildly popular video app TikTok and the messaging and commerce app WeChat will no longer be available through Apple and Google's digital storefronts.</p><p>Moreover, if you've already got the apps on your phones, future updates won't be allowed, under the text of that order.</p><p>That's according to an order published by the US Department of Commerce on Friday morning which says that starting on September 20, 2020, TikTok will be barred from software updates and distribution in the US. WeChat is also being pulled and having its updates stopped, but the order goes a step further: It outright bars internet service providers from working with WeChat, thus nullifying critical components of how the app operates.</p><p>Whether the order goes into effect on Sunday as planned still remains to be seen.</p><p>China-based TikTok owner ByteDance has reportedly negotiated some kind of deal over its US operations with Silicon Valley tech giant Oracle, which is awaiting the green light from the White House. If this deal is approved and confirmed by Sunday, it could obviate the order entirely, <a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1N2GF039">Reuters reported</a>. However, that would still seemingly leave WeChat subject to the terms of the order, making the app's future in the US uncertain. </p><p>The order follows the Trump adminstration's wider efforts to force a sale of TikTok's US business to a US firm in the name of national security. President Trump has repeatedly insisted that TikTok, because it is owned and operated by a Chinese company, is collecting information from users in the US and feeding that information to the Chinese government. </p><p>Representatives for Epic Games and Riot Games declined to comment. The US Department of the Treasury did not respond to a request for comment.</p><p><em><strong>Got a tip?</strong> Contact Business Insider senior correspondent Ben Gilbert via email (<a href="mailto:bgilbert@businessinsider.com">bgilbert@businessinsider.com</a>),</em><em> or Twitter DM (<a href="https://twitter.com/RealBenGilbert">@realbengilbert</a>). We can keep sources anonymous. Use a non-work device to reach out. PR pitches by email only, please.</em></p>

The Department of the Treasury is reportedly looking into the American companies behind 'Fortnite' and 'League of Legends' over their ties to Chinese tech titan Tencent

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e5cd1c2fee23d5b6c5b9c44-2212/screen shot 2020-03-02 at 12734 am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020 03 02 at 1.27.34 AM" /><ul class="summary-list"><li>Democratic Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan grilled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and appeared to troll the top diplomat during his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday.</li><li>During Pompeo's testimony, Levin displayed a blank map of the world and asked him question.</li><li>Pompeo previously quizzed a news reporter if she could point out a country on a blank map after she asked him about the Ukraine scandal then engulfing the Trump adminstration.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>Democratic Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan grilled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and appeared to troll the top diplomat during his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday.</p><p>During Pompeo's testimony, Levin displayed a blank map of the world and asked where US embassies were purportedly threatened by the Iranian military.</p><p>The secretary of state previously raised eyebrows when he took a combative tone against an NPR news reporter during an interview earlier in January, and later gave her an impromptu geography quiz.</p><p>In her interview with Pompeo at the State Department, the reporter, NPR's "All Things Considered" co-host Mary Louise Kelly, raised a question about Ukraine. Pompeo claimed that the question was never agreed upon; however, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/emails-support-npr-host-after-pompeo-calls-her-a-liar-in-setting-up-contentious-interview/2020/01/26/d793cf0e-4071-11ea-b503-2b077c436617_story.html">email correspondence</a> later revealed that there was not a mutual agreement.</p><p>The interview was cut short, and Kelly was led to Pompeo's private office, where the diplomat lobbed expletives at her and had aides bring him a blank map. Pompeo asked "if I could find Ukraine on a map," according to Kelly, which she responded by pointing out the country.</p><p>Kelly, a veteran reporter, received a master's degree in European studies from Cambridge University and has spent a decade covering national security issues.</p><p>After Kelly pointed out Ukraine on the map, Pompeo "put the map away" and said "people will hear about this," the reporter said. Pompeo later accused Kelly of lying and claimed she had incorrectly pointed out Bangladesh on the map.</p><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e5d6309fee23d5d7b0617d5-2372/screen shot 2020-03-02 at 94620 am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020 03 02 at 9.46.20 AM" /><p>It was unclear whether Rep. Levin used an identical map, but the significance was not lost. Levin displayed the map on a screen and asked Pompeo which US embassies were threatened by Iran - a claim the Trump administration initially made to justify an airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian military commander responsible for the deaths of hundreds of US and coalition forces in the Middle East.</p><p>Lawmakers have scrutinized the Trump administration's shifting justification and claimed the pre-emptive airstrike thrust the US to the brink of war.</p><p>"To your left, you'll see a map of the world," Levin said to Pompeo. "Would you please point out for us on this map which of our embassies were under threat of imminent attack so that you had to kill Gen. Soleimani regardless of the consequences of American safety?"</p><p>"I'm happy to answer your question," Pompeo replied, adding that he was "not going to get into classified material."</p><p>"We all know Soleimani was a bad guy, but what I'm talking about is the decisions made ... that brought us to the brink of war, and you're not willing to tell us which embassies were under attack," Levin said.</p><p>"I'm never willing to disclose classified information," Pompeo said. "I assume you're not either."</p><p>"You can't hide behind classification on this one because you can't classify something that doesn't exist," Levin said. "The administration has given us shifting stories."</p><p>Pompeo reiterated that "multiple embassies" were threatened by Iranian-backed forces, and that his security staff had "enormous security concerns."</p><p>"Are you going to let me answer the question," Pompeo asked Levin, after being interrupted.</p><p>"No, because you're not answering the question, sir," Levin replied. "I'm not asking you to reveal classified information."</p><p>Pompeo received some support from Republican lawmakers during his testimony. Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York apologized on the committee's behalf and alleged the hearing "has been a joke."</p><p>"You're getting asked a lot of questions that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are choosing, either to answer the question for you, [or] if you don't answer in the first split second ... finishing with a question mark," Zeldin said. "It's an embarrassment."</p>

A Democrat asked Mike Pompeo to point to things on a blank map in a nod to his awkward geography quiz

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a9f243b5cc410fb038b4582-2000/rtr2d4sn.jpg" alt="gary cohn lloyd Blankfein" data-mce-source="Natalie Behring/Reuters" data-mce-caption="Gary Cohn and Lloyd Blankfein" /><p class="source"><span>Natalie Behring/Reuters</span></p><p class="caption">Gary Cohn and Lloyd Blankfein</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic adviser, is leaving the White House.</strong></li><li><strong>Before joining the Trump administration, Cohn was the second-in-command at Goldman Sachs.</strong></li><li><strong>"Gary Cohn deserves credit for serving his country in a first class way," Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein tweeted Tuesday.</strong></li></ul><hr /><p>Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein thanked his former deputy, Gary Cohn, following the news of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/gary-cohn-resigns-2017-8">Cohn's departure from the White House</a> on Tuesday.</p><p>"Gary Cohn deserves credit for serving his country in a first class way," Blankfein tweeted. "I'm sure I join many others who are disappointed to see him leave."</p><p>Cohn was the second-in-command at the investment bank prior to leaving for the Trump adminstration, in which he served as director of the National Economic Council and the president's top economic adviser.</p><p>Starting as a commodities trader, Cohn worked his way up through the ranks at Goldman Sachs and spent a total of 26 years at the firm.</p><p>The White House tenure was tumultuous for Cohn, and rumors of his departure swirled for almost a year. The former Goldman executive admitted that he almost left the White House after Trump's response to the racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p><p>Throughout Cohn's tenure, Blankfein was supportive of his former deputy. When rumors ran rampant that Trump was considering Cohn to be Janet Yellen's replacement as chair of the Federal Reserve, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-06/gary-cohn-would-do-great-job-as-fed-chairman-blankfein-says">the Goldman CEO said Cohn</a> would do a "<span>great job."</span></p><p class="tagline">Get the latest Goldman Sachs stock price<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stock/GS-Quote"> here.</a></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/racist-origins-marijuana-prohibition-legalization-2018-2">The racist origins of marijuana prohibition</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/zSwNAFFu-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein: I'm 'disappointed to see' Gary Cohn leave the White House

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/582dac5be02ba71e008b4cf3-2400/rtr2p7gb.jpg" border="0" alt="Black tar heroin Mexico US drugs free base" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" data-mce-caption="Orange County Deputy Probation Officer Erin Merritt holds a spoon with black-tar heroin, which she found in a probationer's apartment in Santa Ana, California, July 22, 2011." /><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>The death toll from the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/opioids">opioids</a> epidemic continues to soar.</strong></li><li><strong>Experts say we already have a science-backed treatment that works: medication-assisted treatment, or MAT.</strong></li><li><strong>The problem, however, is that very few people can get it.</strong></li></ul><hr /><p><br />The death toll from the opioids epidemic continues to soar - <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/overdose-drug-death-statistics-fentanyl-2017-12">nearly 64,000 people died in 2016</a> alone. Scientists are working to find creative tools to fight it, and President Donald Trump has called the overdose crisis a public health emergency. But he has not yet outlined any targeted solutions <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-death-penalty-for-drug-dealers-opioid-plan-2018-3">aside from calling for drug dealers to be given the death penalty</a>.</p><p>A growing cadre of health professionals say we already have a science-backed treatment that works. It's called medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, and it involves administering FDA-approved medications that help curb cravings and reduce the excruciating symptoms of withdrawal.</p><p>"Medications are an effective treatment for opioid addiction," <a href="https://www.asam.org/about-us/leadership/board-of-directors/biography-kelly-clark">Kelly J. Clark</a>, president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, told Business Insider.</p><p>The problem is that very few people can get those medications.</p><p>Only about half of private-sector treatment programs for opioid use disorder currently offer access to MAT, and of those that offer it, only one third of patients actually receive the medication, according to a <a href="https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=01271255-201103000-00004">study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine</a>.</p><p>There are many reasons for this lack of access to medication. Some stem from a misconception about how the treatments - which can include buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone - work. The stigma surrounding drug use and addiction plays a role, too. Still other issues include federal and state laws that restrict the availability of the medications. </p><p>"It's more of an implementation problem than a basic <keyword id="41551" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="science">science</keyword> problem," Clark said, "because we know what works."</p><h2><strong>Medications do not 'substitute one drug for another'</strong></h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a69ec8f00d0ef84008b4812-1778/ap17006205962371.jpg" border="0" alt="Fentanyl opioids" data-mce-source="AP" data-mce-caption="In this Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, a bag of 4-fluoro isobutyryl fentanyl which was seized in a drug raid is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va." /><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p><p class="caption">Fentanyl</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>In someone with opioid use disorder, using the drugs is often not a pleasurable experience, but rather a practice that has become a necessary fact of life. Being without the drugs leads to painful symptoms that can include severe nausea, shaking, diarrhea, and depression. The need to use is simultaneously a physical and emotional compulsion - the lines between those kinds of pain are blurred.</p><p>One of the main misconceptions about medication-assisted treatment is that medications simply replace the drugs that hooked users - leading to more highs and fueling a pattern of repeated use.</p><p>But that view is outdated and ill-informed, experts say. Instead, the drugs work by staunching cravings and reducing or preventing withdrawal and relapse. Buprenorphine and methadone help suppress cravings, while naltrexone blocks the euphoric and sedative effects of opioids so users don't experience a high.</p><p>"People ask me all the time, 'well, aren't they just substituting one drug for another?' The answer is no. These are evidence-based treatments and they work," <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/patrice-harris-md-ma">Patrice A. Harris</a>, the former president of the American Medical Association and a board certified psychiatrist, told Business Insider.</p><p>Several large studies suggest that as access to MAT rises, drug overdose deaths fall. A study of heroin overdose deaths in Baltimore between 1995 and 2009 <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23488511?dopt=Abstract">published in the American Journal of Public Health</a>, for example, found a link between the increasing availability of methadone and buprenorphine and a roughly 50% decrease in the number of fatal overdoses.</p><p>"These treatments are life saving and they work," <a href="https://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=19383">Sarah Wakeman</a>, the medical director of the substance use disorder initiative at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor at Harvard, told Business Insider.</p><h2><strong>From jail to court to rehab, medication-assisted treatment is hard to find</strong></h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/59b2dcdc45e23820008b5aa7-960/ap17103727383437.jpg" border="0" alt="methadone" data-mce-source="AP Photo/Kevin D. Liles" data-mce-caption="Paul &amp;quotRip&quot; Connell, CEO of Private Clinic North, a methadone clinic, shows a 35 mg liquid dose of methadone at the clinic in Rossville, Ga." /><p class="source"><span>AP Photo/Kevin D. Liles</span></p><p class="caption">A liquid dose of methadone at a clinic in Rossville, Georgia.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Despite the evidence demonstrating MAT's effectiveness, it is surprisingly difficult to obtain.</p><p>One of the hardest-to-access forms of medication for recovery is methadone. In the US, the medication can only be accessed in specialized clinics; because of the way the treatment works, people on MAT must come to a facility to be injected daily. But those facilities typically have negative reputations because of policies that restrict them to locations considered seedy or run-down. And patients who come for treatment often have to push past active drug users - a big trigger for someone with substance use disorder - on their way to and from the clinic.</p><p>"You can access heroin pretty easily, yet we make it really hard to get a treatment that's life-saving and allows you to live healthily," Wakeman said.</p><p>On Friday, the US Food and Drug Adminstration issued a <a href="https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm605248.htm">new set of guidelines aimed at underlining the important role MAT</a> should play treating opioid use disorder.</p><p>"Unfortunately, far too few people who suffer from opioid use disorder are offered an adequate chance for treatment that uses safe and effective medications,"commissioner Scott Gottlieb said.</p><p>Other countries take a very different approach to medication-assisted treatment that makes the treatments easier to obtain. In Canada, for example, methadone is distributed in pharmacies.</p><p>Rehabilitation facilities and courts in the US often don't offer medication-assisted treatment either. Instead, most operate on an abstinence-based model, in which patients must detox and then are offered counseling. They're  encouraged to attend 12-step meetings like Narcotics Anonymous, which remains opposed to MAT despite the growing body of evidence behind it.</p><p>Among staff at rehab centers across the US, many workers maintain the belief that the medication doesn't work and say clients will "abuse" medications. Stephanie Rogers, an intake coordinator at Talbott Recovery, an Atlanta-based addiction treatment center, told Business Insider that she "honestly believed" that MAT was "just substituting one drug for another."</p><p>This trend runs in sharp contrast to the way treatment for other conditions has changed based on new research. When it comes to type 2 diabetes, for example, a large body of scientific evidence demonstrated that the medication insulin helped curb the symptoms of the illness. Those findings prompted medical professionals across the country to uniformly endorse and offer it.</p><p>Even among rehab center workers who do understand the potential of medication-assisted treatment, many told Business Insider that their facilities aren't licensed to provide MAT in the first place. San Diego-based drug treatment center AToN, for example, lacks the proper licensing to provide methadone to patients, according to its program director.</p><h2>Turning the tide requires buy-in from officials and medical providers</h2><p>Some officials, including judges who preside over courts that see people brought in on drug offenses, are trying to update their policies to incorporate the most recent research on addiction treatment.</p><p><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Desiree_A._Bruce-Lyle">Judge Desiree Bruce-Lyle</a> presides over several such courts at the Superior Court of San Diego County. She told Business Insider that she became convinced of the efficacy of MAT after attending an American Society of Addiction Medicine conference and speaking to some of its leaders, including Kelly Clark and vice president Penny S. Mills.</p><p>"I didn't believe in [MAT] until I met Penny and Kelly last year and they convinced me why it was a good thing and then I heard from a lot of the speakers that were attending that we needed to take a look at it," Bruce-Lyle said.</p><p>Still, out of roughly 50 participants in the reentry court that Bruce-Lyle helps oversees, only one or two are on MAT, she said. In their veterans court, which includes roughly 60 people, three or four are on MAT.</p><p>"I'd like to see more of it," Bruce-Lyle said, but added that she felt she'd need to convince key players at the court - including the Sheriff and other leaders - of the treatment's efficacy.<span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><br /></span></p><p>A handful of physicians and social workers are also helping to lead the charge by calling attention to the scientific evidence that shows MAT is more effective than an abstinence-only model. Wakeman, the assistant professor at Harvard, travels around the country giving presentations at conferences like the one that helped change Bruce-Lyle's mind.</p><p>"Medication-assisted treatment saves lives," Wakeman said. "You can also just call it 'treatment' and drop the two words in front of it."</p>      <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-bend-over-correctly-2018-4">You're probably bending over all wrong - here's the right way to do it</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/Hev4N6KC-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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The US is about to ban TikTok. Here's what that means for users.

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The Department of the Treasury is reportedly looking into the American companies behind 'Fortnite' and 'League of Legends' over their ties to Chinese tech titan Tencent

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A Democrat asked Mike Pompeo to point to things on a blank map in a nod to his awkward geography quiz

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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein: I'm 'disappointed to see' Gary Cohn leave the White House

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There's a science-backed treatment for drug addiction that works - but it's nearly impossible to get

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