Any Positive Change - AZ Harm Reduction Conference 2019

I'm in Phoenix today for Arizona's first Harm Reduction Conference Any Positive Change 2019 at Black Canyon Conference Center in Phoenix.

As I attend harm reduction events I remind those who attend that the people who abuse opioids aren't the only victims of the opioid crisis.

Pain patients are victims too. Patients by the thousands have been forced tapered off medications they've used for many years forcing some to turn to the streets, and others to simply end the pain.

If someone abuses opioids and overdose it's sad. If a pain patient ends their life for lack of pain control, it's a tragedy 

Arizona legislators passed the Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act limiting the dose a pain patient can receive, but there is no limit on dose for those who choose to abuse opioids.