Ohio has a federal grant of nearly a million dollars to spread the word about new ways to manage prescription pain killers and reduce opioid addiction. The public information project is called , and this month it started rolling out an interactive website.
The offers science-based information on pain medication, pain management, and addiction treatment. And Andrea Boxill of the group says it answers practical questions.
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The medical director of , Dr. Mark Hurst, says the site is interactive and responsive to input.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a section for prescribers, ones for patients, one for the general public, and it鈥檚 not going to be a static website. This is something that鈥檚 going to change over time.鈥�
