FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 23, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Meagan Platt | [email protected] | (816) 377-9627 Voices for Non-Opioid Choices Coalition Applauds Congress for Expanding Access to Non-Opioid Pain Management Options in End-of-Year Legislative Package to Combat Addiction Crisis NOPAIN Act Will Expand Access To Non-Opioid Pain Management Options For Millions Of Americans Washington, DC (December […]
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Meet Thomas…born in South Carolina but calls Vernon, Alabama home. Loves the outdoors, fishing, hunting and baseball. He also has 2 children and is a certified welder, Thomas took his first sip of alcohol at the age of 15, marijuana at 16 and eventually methamphetamine at 19. Of course, this led to a path of
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On December 29th, President Biden signed into legislation the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (“NOPAIN”) Act. This groundbreaking legislation attempts to prevent opioid addiction before it starts by increasing access to and use of non-addictive pain management approaches for acute pain patients. The legislation attempts to reduce the millions of Americans who go on
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Meet Tina…born and raised in Jackson, Michigan, Tina left a relationship that was darkened by domestic violence and substance abuse and found her way to Fayette, Alabama a few years ago. Struggling with alcohol and drug addiction and in and out of rehab centers, she thought this move would be the answer, a new start.
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“My problem wasn’t alcohol’, he said, “Alcohol was the solution to my problems.” About a year ago, I found myself divorced. Something I never imagined I’d be. Drinking was something I’d never done and other than a little peer pressure as a teen, hadn’t really ever entertained doing. But with my divorce, came a tremendous
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Congress has spent hundreds of billions of dollars battling America’s opioid crisis. To date, this support has gone to worthy causes such as support for first responders, ensuring naloxone availability in communities around the country, and providing support for patients with a substance use disorder. Unfortunately, with all this time, effort, and money spent, relatively
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Meet Terry… Terry grew up in Tuscaloosa surrounded by supportive family and loved ones. At a young age, he was involved and accepted within the social crowd, but he never felt like he truly belonged. “Everyone knew me as the guy that was good at baseball, but I had no idea who I was so
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Each Friday night, about thirty people, myself included, gather to share a meal together and what may be on our hearts from the current week. “Addiction and recovery” is the tagline for this group and mostly relates to drugs and alcohol but what I’ve learned in attending is that to some degree or another, we’re
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continue to release data on rates of drug overdose deaths in the United States. In their latest update, it was revealed that nearly 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose deaths in the 12-month period ending in April 2021. This record-breaking figure highlights an urgent need for
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Meet Seth…as a boy, Seth grew up in Ashford, Alabama. He had great parents, played sports, graduated from Ashford High School and attended Southern Union Community College, where he studied wild life science and biology. When Seth’s grandfather died, life seemed to change for him. He started experimenting with opioids to numb his pain which
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