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Advocates for Opioid Recovery Statement in Response to President Trump’s Opioid Initiative
Advocates for Opioid Recovery Statement in Response to President Trump’s Opioid Initiative Advocates for Opioid Recovery (AOR) firmly believes that in order to save lives and combat the opioid
AOR signs on to group letter urging the U.S. Senate to correct the law that will help to ensure equal access to FDA approved treatment options
AOR signs on to group letter to urging the US Senate to correct the law that will help to ensure equal access to FDA approved treatment options.
Medication and other tangible solutions offer hope in combating opioid epidemic
If nearly 175 Americans died from a preventable disaster each day, public outcry would force immediate government action. Congress and the White House would make whatever policy changes were necessary, and provide the proper funding to identify solutions.
MAT as a Frontline Response to the National Opioid Emergency
The American opioid epidemic is officially a public health emergency, with over 175 lives lost to opioid overdose every day. The time to lower the barriers to lifesaving treatments is now.
Advocates for Opioid Recovery Statement Regarding the Final Report of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
Advocates for Opioid Recovery (AOR) welcomes the release of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis’ Final Report. We are hopeful for swift action by Congress, the President, and his Cabinet to address this public health emergency.
Statement from Anne Woodbury, Executive Director of Advocates for Opioid Recovery
Today’s speech by President Trump was a moment for our country to come together and agree that combating the greatest public health crisis of our generation – the opioid overdose epidemic – should be one of America’s most pressing priorities.
Trump opioid panel member says ‘We want medicine, not media’
(CNN) Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a member of the President's commission on opioid addiction, has a message for the Trump administration a day before it is expected to declare a national emergency on the epidemic: "We want medicine, not media."
Statement from AOR Advisors Regarding President Trump’s State of Emergency
Read the statement from AOR Advisors Regarding President Trump's State of Emergency
Advocates for Opioid Recovery Statement on Opioid Commission Interim Report
Advocates for Opioid Recovery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing a science-based, evidence-based treatment system that can reduce death and suffering from opioid addiction, and produce more long-term opioid addiction survivors who are positively engaged in their families and communities.
Newt Gingrich, Van Jones: Drug Courts Can Help Solve the Opioid Crisis
It is no secret that when it comes to politics, there is very little on which the two of us agree. But we both believe this: The opioid epidemic is now the greatest public health and public safety crisis facing this nation.
At Opioid Conference, Former Congressman Kennedy Says Stigma Persists
AOR Advisor Patrick J. Kennedy: "We know what the science tells us, but we very rarely apply it in the treatment of these illnesses," Kennedy said. He added: "Until we start treating these [illnesses] in the way we need to, we are going to still lose people."
Surgeon General’s Principles for Effective Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
The entire Chapter 4 of today’s Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health includes principles for effective treatment of addiction. With the Surgeon General’s endorsement, there should no longer be any debate about what evidence-based medicine for addiction treatment entails.
Be an advocate and help us rewrite the prescription for opioid addiction treatment
Follow the science and do your part to encourage the use of recovery medication.