In The Heart Of Colorado’s Opioid Crisis, This Rural Doctor Is An Army Of One

Overdose deaths in Colorado in general have grown in the last decade, according to the Colorado Health Institute. In 2014, San Luis Valley-area healthcare providers began limiting how opioid drugs are prescribed. But, as High Country News reported, the resulting decline in how often painkillers were prescribed was followed by a surge in heroin use. Here is a 3rd post in 2-days on the state of Rural America, I listened to this on Colorado Public Radio (CPR) on station KCFR to which I’m an evergreen subscriber. It is worth stating the obvious, that since rural counties as much more sparsely … Continue reading In The Heart Of Colorado’s Opioid Crisis, This Rural Doctor Is An Army Of One

Disabled, or just desperate? Rural Americans turn to disability as jobs dry up

Between 1996 and 2015, the number of working-age adults receiving federal disability payments increased dramatically across the country — but nowhere more so than in rural America. The Washington Post has a good read on both the current jobs and rural blight of opioids. Continue reading Disabled, or just desperate? Rural Americans turn to disability as jobs dry up