{"id":6379,"date":"2017-04-05T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6379"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:14:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:14:34","slug":"as-opioid-crisis-flares-naturopaths-and-chiropractors-lobby-for-bigger-roles-in-treating-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6379","title":{"rendered":"As opioid crisis flares, naturopaths and chiropractors lobby for bigger roles in treating pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Thielking for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap\">S<\/span>eizing on the opioid epidemic as a chance to expand their reach, naturopaths and chiropractors\u00a0are aggressively lobbying Congress and state governments to elevate the role of\u00a0alternative therapies\u00a0in treating chronic pain. They\u2019ve scored several victories in recent months, and hope the Trump administration will give them a further boost. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/04\/04\/opioid-chronic-pain-naturopaths-chiropractors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Thielking for STAT) Seizing on the opioid epidemic as a chance to expand their reach, naturopaths and chiropractors\u00a0are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6380,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions\/6380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}