In 2013 there were enough prescriptions written for every single adult in America to have a bottle of pills.
In a Time article from October 16, 2016 the former surgeon general Vivek Murthy says there are several strategies that will work to end our opioid epidemic.
His solutions includes getting Naloxone into the hands of families and first responders. Other key points, training health care providers on how to treat pain and to ensure pain management alternatives are covered by insurance.
Importantly, in the 1990's when the medical community acknowledges pain was not treated adequately, the pendulum swung too far in the other direction of prescribing opioids. Now in the late twenty teens, we know opioids are addictive. Addiction is not a moral failing, it's a chronic illness.
Click here to read the full article By Vivek Murthy at Time.com from October 13, 2016
We know legal and medical THC is coming, it's just a matter of time until we have to deal with real world situations. Thank you for your help, our committee will be issuing a recommendation report to make changes to our policy manual.
We had a bit of an antiquated policy having to do with alcoholism. We really needed to update it. Thanks for coming in and working with us. We understand the issues a little better now. We have more questions now though so glad you're coming back.
