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PRINTER'S NO. 2803
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
597
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, BIZZARRO, BROWN, HILL-EVANS, JONES,
KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, MARSHALL, RYAN, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY,
YOUNGBLOOD, DiGIROLAMO, LONGIETTI, BERNSTINE, SAINATO,
DeLUCA, BURNS AND KINSEY, OCTOBER 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, OCTOBER 29, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of October 2019 as "Chiropractic Health
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania-licensed doctors of chiropractic are
educated and trained to effectively address spinal and
neuromusculoskeletal pain with nonsurgical, nondrug management;
and
WHEREAS, Prescription opioid use and abuse leading to
addiction and catastrophic outcomes has become a national
crisis; and
WHEREAS, The leading cause of injury death in the United
States is drug overdose and a majority of the deaths from drug
overdoses involved an opioid; and
WHEREAS, From 1999 until 2017, more than 400,000 people in
the United States died from prescription opioid-related
overdose, with more than 70,000 of those deaths occurring in
2017 at the rate of 130 overdose deaths per day; and
WHEREAS, Overdose deaths from prescription opioids, which
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include oxycodone, hydrocodone, percocet and methadone, are a
driving factor in the 15-year increase in opioid overdose
deaths; and
WHEREAS, The newest estimates show that the abuse of opioids
costs employers in the United States approximately $18 billion
in sick days, lost productivity and medical expenses; and
WHEREAS, Prescription opioids are often recommended for low
back, neck and musculoskeletal pain; and
WHEREAS, More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic
pain and an estimated 75% to 85% of all Americans will
experience some form of back pain during their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, Numerous published studies, including The Lancet
published in March of 2018, document spinal manipulation as
effective for the management of low back pain; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
month of October 2019 as "Chiropractic Health Month" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives raise public
awareness that chiropractic care is the primary first-line,
nonpharmacological approach to safely and effectively relieve
acute, sub-acute and chronic pain.
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