PRINTER'S NO. 1274
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
242
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, BOSCOLA, PHILLIPS-HILL, MASTRIANO, MARTIN,
FONTANA, COSTA, J. WARD, DINNIMAN, KILLION, BARTOLOTTA,
BREWSTER, BROWNE, BLAKE, PITTMAN, SCHWANK, HUGHES,
HUTCHINSON, TARTAGLIONE, YUDICHAK, BAKER AND AUMENT,
OCTOBER 21, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 21, 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
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WHEREAS, Overdose deaths from prescription opioids, which
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 Senate recognize the month of October 2019
as "Chiropractic Health Month" in Pennsylvania; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Senate 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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