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Tag: pain

opioids
Posted inHealth

Native American communities, hard hit by the opioid crisis, seek innovative solutions

by Adnan Alam Sep 23, 2019Nov 8, 2019

PHOENIX – Native American advocates are seeking more funding and new ways to tackle the opioid crisis in Indian Country as overdose death rates continue to rise. Native Americans have the second-highest death rate related to opioid use in the nation – a number that’s been on the rise for nearly two decades. In 2017, […]

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