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Opioid Bill: SUPPORT
Now before the US House with agreements with Senate. see following for links and more information!
This link offers information on the proposed agreed upon "final bill". You have options for a simple summary document or the full bill reading. Bill name : SUPPORT
This issue is complex - see how much of this you understand. Personally I'm always learning!
energycommerce.house.gov/opioids-legislation/
New Date!!
With the threat of Hurricane Florence, the first annual Howard County Recovery Walk was rescheduled for Saturday, October 27th
I predict a stunning fall day to celebrate recovery - register here to join us!
eventbrite.com
Howard County Recovery Walk 2018 A walk to support those in the journey of recovery. Live music, resources and free food (while supplies last). Saturday, October 27, 201810:00am—1:00pm(Registration begins at 10:00)Ellicott City Assembly of God10600 Frederick RdEllicott City, MD 21042 For additiona...For prescribing physicians....
Also from ASAM:
"The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
developed this National Practice Guideline for the Use of
Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid
Use to provide information on evidence-based treatment of
opioid use disorder."
www.asam.org/docs/default-source/practice-support/guidelines-and-consensus-docs/asam-national-pra...
For patients, families and friends...
Note: click to the right of screen to read guide.
eguideline.guidelinecentral.com/i/706017-asam-opioid-patient-piece/0?
time.com/5320384/fernando-luis-alvarez-purdue-pharma/
Demands to "stop" must be in concert with collaboration on a grand scale. Be part of the solution or consider yourself part of the problem.
"Too often we imagine that our opioid crisis is new; the fact that it has been around, to varying degrees, for 150 years is a frustrating, even heartbreaking thought. But we can also take inspiration from the fact that we have tackled the problem before, and have won. ....
We have to maintain our emotional composure, avoid press hyperbole and abandon our impulse to racialize the issue. The tendency to incarcerate our problems often results in entire generations of less fortunate Americans leaving high school for jail. If we do not know our drug history, we can be sure there will be many more Ella Hendersons in our future."
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/opinion/sunday/opioid-epidemic-history.html?action=click&module=MoreIn...
Imagine a world where those that helped create this epidemic "get" to help solve it....
The suit, filed last week in Crittenden County Circuit Court, brings together 215 Arkansas cities and all 75 counties in the state and accuses opioid manufacturers of wreaking havoc by aggressively pushing the drugs from the early 2000s to the present, leading to hundreds of overdose deaths while straining law enforcement and public health resources.
It seeks to have a jury in Arkansas determine how much money the companies should pay to create mental health clinics, drug courts, opioid abuse treatment clinics and other treatment programs across the state."
Imagine ....
www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/health/arkansas-opioid-lawsuit/index.html
Kentucky has it's Casey's Act; Washington State has it's Ricky's Law coming on board April 1st, this year.
Being informed helps us all as we navigate hope filled solutions.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/one-state-forces-opioid-abusers-to-get-help-will-others-follow/ar-BBJYZ...
When my son, Jim, died from the disease of addiction there was little talk in the press much less in general conversation. When I was looking at what I could do in his honor, it was clear that we had to start by shattering the stigma of this disease. And so our work as James' Place Inc. began...first with research and education to better understand the disease.
Everything grew from there. Today we collaborate across the country with so many awesome organizations and individuals making a difference and saving lives.
Together we are better! Together we are shattering the stigma!
Thanks for being a part of making the world a safer place for hope and healing!!
There are so many ways to look at the opioid epidemic. Here's an excellent survey done by the American Farm Bureau Federation. We know this is a rural and urban epidemic. Get more specifics as it relates to attitudes and availability with the farming industry.
www.fb.org/newsroom/survey-shows-massive-opioid-impact-in-farm-country-farm-groups-call-for-dia
Survey Shows Massive Opioid Impact in Farm Country; Farm Groups Call for Dialogue, Action
fb.org
The opioid crisis has struck farm and ranch families much harder than the rest of rural America, a Morning Consult survey shows.Live and work in Maryland? Key job opening!
Please share across your domains - closing date July 5th.
Your helping sharing the opportunity is greatly appreciated!
Opioid Project Administrator, Contingent II Grant-Funded
Center for Drug Policy and Enforcement
www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-and-services/human-resources/jobs-at-ub.cfm?type=staff&posting=1245
Fabulous!
In time when news coverage feels so dramatic rather than educational and informative, this is fresh air!
"Language is complicated and often slow to change — and for a group that has been criminalized, fighting stigma and misinformation is a constant struggle. But when the media start treating people with addiction with the same respect that they use for other patients, perhaps the rest of America will start to accept that addiction is a medical problem and that moralizing and punishment have failed."
undark.org/article/associated-press-stylebook-addiction/?utm_content=buffer58b38&utm_medium=socia...
How do we shatter ignorance by elected officials?
We've been doing it successfully for years; seems we have one more BIG nut to crack....
Just when we were seeing hope peeking out of the clouds ....
Here's praying we can write, call and press to keep millions alive rather than slip back to the dark ages.
www.politico.com/story/2017/05/05/donald-trump-opioids-drug-control-funding-reaction-238047?cid=apn
The turmoil of hope meets the need to merge to integrate efforts to save lives....
With respect for what is evolving, take hope! During this time of what I now consider to be the "turmoil of hope", much is being done and on grand scales.
However, within the turmoil is a scramble of confusion as to who is doing what... where is there overlap... duplication of effort and therefore missed opportunities especially using taxpayer dollars.
As we merge to unite and integrate, I'm proud to be on the collaborative bandwagon. Together we ARE better!
www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/19/drug-overdose-deaths-surpass-war/22045058/
