Coalition launched to promote opioid alternatives

A coalition of 20-plus national organizations representing provider, patient advocacy, addiction and health care advocacy organizations has launched a new effort to reduce opioid addiction. Voices for Non-Opioid Choices (VNOC) aims to increase access to non-opioid pain management therapies by removing federal policy barriers. “We need non-opioid options for all Americans, especially the 23 million in recovery,” said Marcia Lee Taylor, executive vice president of external and government relations at the Center on Addiction, a founding member of the Voices coalition. (VNOC news release, 5/16/19)