I took my first OxyContin when I was 13 years old.
Stopping this epidemic and healing our communities will require a three-prong approach that I am pursuing as chairman of...
I want to ask anybody who would like to ask a question or make a comment to approach the mics on either side of the room...
Yet another reason why it would be good to get away from the fee-for-service payment model that we generally have.
Senator Toomey, your bill on NASPER is certainly going to be helpful in helping us with interstate medication diversion.
Is it your view, though, that prescription painkiller diversion is still a serious problem despite this?
Thank you for shining a spotlight on this devastating epidemic that we have in our region and across the country.
The Stop Medication Abuse and Protecting Seniors Act to me is a very good thing.
Thank you very much, Senators Toomey and Casey, for inviting me here to speak with you today about the opioid epidemic i...
Ending the epidemic of heroin addiction will require changes in the practice of medicine, government regulations, and so...
The drug courts do work. We have had one since 2005 in Washington County.
I have just one quick follow-up for a second round, Dr. Ling, if I could...
The Stopping Medication Abuse and Protecting Seniors Act of 2015 is one such proposal that has been introduced in by Sen...
More Pennsylvanians will die this year from overdoses and misuse of heroin and prescription painkillers than from influe...
This has been a remarkable show of bipartisan leadership here in western Pennsylvania.
It is really a major epidemic, and I thank you, Senators, for addressing it.
Thank you, Senator Casey. We will now hear from our first witness.
This legislation, which Senator Casey has co-sponsored--which I appreciate--will not only help individuals battling addi...
