Leana Wen, M.D. on Twitter: "Addiction is a disease. Evidence-based treatments--including medications--work. We need to fight stigma with science #RCopioidcrisis"

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1. I Stand With Sarah Sanders #BoycottRedHen‏ @SupportTrump10 13 Jul 2017
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  Choose not to do drugs
  
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1. Klynn‏ @klynnadvocate 13 Jul 2017
  I LOVE my pain management team whose sole focus is to use treatments other than opioids. I have a trial spinal cord stim in now.
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1. Jada Walker‏ @jadawalker7146 13 Jul 2017
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  MMT saved my life! If not for this medication I would be dead right now.
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1. Jada Walker‏ @jadawalker7146 13 Jul 2017
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  The 12 step kind of treatment doesn't work for opioid addiction. This is a chronic disease that requires counseling and medication.
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1. Jada Walker‏ @jadawalker7146 13 Jul 2017
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  People will continue to die until we get it together as a society. We should be hating the disease not the person.
  
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1. Nancy Jarris‏ @jeja98 13 Jul 2017
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  YES!!
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