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Helping a Nation in Pain with Acupuncture

The current opioid epidemic has had devastating consequences on our public health, our healthcare system and countless local communities throughout the country. A 2015 national survey on drug use and health estimated that 92 million adults were using prescription opioids for pain that year, with a staggering 11.5 million of them engaged in misuse. The

Acupuncture Approved to Help Ease Opioid Crisis

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee announced that it will now cover acupuncture as part of its sweeping change to address the opioid epidemic that has even resulted in a substantial increase of newborn babies experiencing opioid withdrawal. The plan will no longer cover prescriptions for Oxycontin, a favorite drug to abuse, and has shifted to replacement