 Telemedicine Drug Prescriptions Limited by Feds In response to the opioid crisis, the Biden administration required consumers to visit a doctor before acquiring ADHD or addictive opioids on Friday. After three years of telehealth doctors' appointments by phone or computer during the pandemic, the plan might change how millions of Americans acquire some drugs. The Drug Enforcement Agency announced late Friday that it will reintroduce federal standards for potent medications that were waived during COVID-19, allowing doctors to write millions of prescriptions for Oxycontin and Adderall without seeing patients.