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GATEWAY Documentary to Screen at Garden State Film Festival
GATEWAY, an award-winning film that presents the stories of three families inadvertently impacted by opioid addiction that began with a prescription to manage pain after surgery.
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ET Segment: GATEWAY First Look
Entertainment Tonight (ET) joined the Choices Matter team in Los Angeles for a special screening of GATEWAY – a new film about how opioids transformed the lives of three families after surgery.
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New GATEWAY Documentary Reveals Surgery as an Often Overlooked Contributor to the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic
A new film entitled GATEWAY presents the story of three families inadvertently impacted by opioid addiction that began with a prescription to manage pain after surgery.
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Survey: Older Americans Concerned Taking Opioids Can Lead to Addiction and Dependence
Despite concerns, lack of education around non-opioid options leads majority of seniors to continue to use opioids
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Choices Matter Partners with Shatterproof for Facebook Live Event
The Choices Matter campaign joined forces with Shatterproof – a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the devastation addiction causes families – to broadcast a live panel discussion to nearly 100,000 Facebook followers about effective non-opioid options for managing pain after surgery.
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Opioid Addiction In Women Is Growing At Alarming Rates – What Accounts For The Increased Risk?
Cassidy Webb was 17 when she got her wisdom teeth removed. As is common after a wisdom tooth extraction, she was prescribed hydrocodone—the generic form of Vicodin—to help her manage the pain. But for Cassidy, it was the spark that…
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