4-fri-145 pm ellis ppt-opioids and heroin 3 pharmaceutical industry health insurance funding habits...
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Corey F. EllisFirst Assistant United States AttorneyWestern District of North Carolina
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Pharmaceutical industry
Health insurance funding habits –initially
We don’t like to suffer! Medication can and does have the ability to alleviate pain
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Good Samaritan Law / Naloxone Access ‐ 2013Opioid‐Reversal Drug Bill – 2016STOP Act ‐ 2017
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Of licensed, employed attorneys:
21% qualify as problem drinkers
Second to alcohol dependence is dependence on prescription medications
* 74% reported weekly use of stimulants* 51% reported weekly use of sedatives* 31% reported weekly use of marijuana* 22% reported weekly use of opioids
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