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Bill will expand access to opioid addiction treatment for Hoosier patients |
| (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Legislation authored by Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. to improve and reform the treatment for opioid addiction passed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce today.
“The opioid addiction epidemic has left no area this nation untouched. Every week we see in the news the devastating impact it has on our families, friends, and neighbors. The evidence is clear that this epidemic is growing and it will continue to grow unless we take action. As a doctor, father, and public policy maker, I want to do my part to help our communities overcome this challenge. That’s why I introduced legislation to reform and improve the way patients are treated for opioid addiction. I’m proud that this bipartisan bill passed the Energy and Commerce Committee today. I encourage all of my colleagues to support it on the House floor in the coming weeks.â€Â H.R. 4981, the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act, was introduced by Reps. Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) and Paul Tonko (D-NY). H.R. 4981 amends the Controlled Substances Act to expand access to medication-assisted opioid addiction treatment, ensures patients have access to a wider range of comprehensive, evidence-based treatment options, and helps minimize the potential for drug diversion. The legislation is the product of months of stakeholder engagement, expert input and bipartisan negotiation and is supported by the American Medical Association, the Harm Reduction Coalition, the Drug Policy Alliance, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the National Council on Behavioral Health, among others.
H.R. 4981 is expected to be considered on the House floor sometime in May. |
Dr. Bucshon’s Opioid Addiction Treatment Bill Passes Energy and Commerce Committee
Take Back the Night 2016
Take Back the Night 2016, April 28, 2016Â
Registra on Begins at 6:00 p.m. Tropicana Evansville’s Events Plaza March Begins 6:30 p.m.
Free Commemora ve T-shirts
Take Back the Night March is a protest of sexual assault and rape held at dusk as a symbolic gesture to make the night safe again for vic ms and communi es. This event has become an annual tradi on for the Evansville area. The March starts at Tropicana Evansville’s Events Plaza and will proceed to The Four Freedoms Monument, then back to the Events Plaza for a candlelight ceremony to honor survivors. A local survivor will speak about the impact that sexual abuse has had on her life. A er her speech, audience members will have the opportunity to speak out against rape and to honor the impact on their lives.
Take Back the Night is an annual rally and march held throughout the United States and Europe to protest sexual assault and rape. Our Nineteenth Annual March is sponsored by Albion Fellows Bacon Center and community partners. If you need accommoda ons due to a disability, please call Chrissy Wicks at (812) 422-9372. If you, or someone you know, needs assistance or informa on about domes c or sexual violence, call (812)424-RAPE (7273) or 1-800-339-7752.
Andrew Horning challenges 8th District Corruption
Freedom, IN – Sixteen years ago, the New York Times said that Indiana’s “Bloody 8thâ€Â congressional district often fired incumbents, and did not “…cotton to country club Republicans or to social-engineering liberals.†Yet it appears the corrupt parties are preparing to foist exactly such candidates, including a three-term incumbent, upon Indiana’s 8th Congressional district.
So did the district change, or has something else happened to turn this district into yet another stronghold for the Powers That Be?
It’s only fairly recently that most people have become aware of the crony corruption of both Wall Street and K-Street, and the cozy interrelationships between regulators and the regulated. Voters are only now learning about the false façade of choice in taxpayer-supported primary elections. And so they’re only now looking for fair, reasonable alternatives to the surprisingly recent, self-appointed, illegal, destructive, increasingly and irretrievably corrupt, “Two Party System.â€
There is such an alternative for 8th district voters.
Andrew Horning of Freedom, Indiana, who consistently exposes both the fraud of primary elections, and the unconstitutional, destructive powers and immunities the Democratic and Republican parties, has been nominated as the Libertarian Party of Indiana’s candidate for District 8 US House of Representatives.
IS IT TRUE APRIL 27 2016
IS IT TRUE that we hear that former Vanderburgh County Republic Party Chairman Joe Harrison Jr. is supporting Donald Trump for President?  …Joe Harrison Jr has been spotted picking up Trump yard signs at the local Trump headquarters and distributing them out to others for a week or so.?  …our Indy “Moles” tell us that Joe Harrison  Jr is a longtime friend of former Indiana Republican Party Chairman, Rex Early, Trump’s Indiana Presidential Campaign Chairman?
IS IT TRUE if TRUMP wins the Indiana and the Republican primary for President you can expect Joe Harrison Jr will be appointed by Rex Early to a high profile position within the “Indiana For Trump for President” campaign committee?
IS IT TRUE it looks like Donald Trumps visit to Indiana this coming Thursday, may prove to be the most important political campaign trip he has taken so far? Â …Evansville could prove to be the beginning of the end to Ted Cruz quest to become the Republican nominee for the next President?
IS IT TRUE we are hearing that this Thursday “Trump For President” rally will have an overflow crowd? Â …when all said and done we bet the event organizer’s wish they would had rented the Ford Center for this event?
IS IT TRUE yesterday former President Bill Clinton made two stops in Evansville ? …he stopped by  the Central Labor Council of Southern Indiana and Penny Lane Coffeehouse?  …he had an unannounced private meeting with a couple of local individuals?  …some of the individuals  who attended this private gathering were: former City Councilman  John Friend CPA,  former Sheriff and U S Congressman Brad Ellsworth, 8th District Democratic Party Chairman Tony Long, Vanderburgh County Party Chairman Rob Faulkner, and past Democratic Party Chairman Mark Owen ?
IS IT TRUE yesterday the Evansville Brownfield Corp. had another unadvertised secret meeting held at the YWCA at 10:30 am?  …this not-for-profit  organization just received $1.7 millions of our hard earned money from City Council? ...this corporation received this money from the city without submitting any past audits or financial statements?
IS IT TRUE yesterday “Readers Poll” was: Who do you endorse in the Democratic primary race for District 77 State Representative? …the results are as follows: 173 people voted?  …Brandon Lee Ferguson had 41 votes, Ryan Hatfield had 53 votes and Lori Sherman received 79 votes?
FOOTNOTE: Todays “READERS POLL” question is: Who do you endorse in the Republican primary race for the President?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
by Laura Blackburn
Monday evening’s City Council meeting reached a new low, even for this group. The unanimous decision to amend the “Good Neighbor Ordinanceâ€was bad enough to sink the Good Ship City Council, but it got worse by the end of the voyage.
This ordinance is a travesty. It exposes renters who have family members with mental illness, alcohol, or drug issues to a real possibility of losing their homes. If there are two incidents that involve police runs, the entire family can be evicted by the police. In some cases, that will render an abused mother and her children homeless. It can do the same for elderly parents who are caring for a mentally ill or intellectually challenged child. The scenarios that can render innocent people homeless are endless. If being evicted is not bad enough, the fact that most landlords will not rent to people with evictions on their record really makes life impossible for a lot of people. Many of those who are evicted will not be able to afford all of the deposits and other costs associated with moving on short notice, even if they can find someone who will rent to them.
There is also the constitutional rights issue of “innocent until proven guilty†that is being violated in our local “law.†How often do you read that someone who was charged with a crime has had the charges dismissed? So, if someone is accused of a crime and the prosecutor finds some “probable causeâ€, their family gets evicted while they sit in jail awaiting trial. Then, for some reason the charges are dropped and the accused goes free, but it doesn’t repair their and their family’s lives. It doesn’t even put them back in their homes and remove the eviction from their background check. I hope this ridiculous miscarriage of justice is reconsidered, but I suspect it will take several millions of dollars in legal fees to bring the local “patriots†to their senses.
The grand finale to the show came when Missy “1st Amendment†Mosby shut down an attempt of activist George Lumley to address the Council, and topped it off with a threat to deny all citizens their right of remonstrance before Council on a permanent basis. If the voters knew before the last election what they know now I doubt Missy would be an elected official.
FOOTNOTE: Â This letter was posted without opinion, bias or editing.
Winsett Named Editor-in-Chief Of Professional Journal
Rebecca P. Winsett PhD, RN has been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief of the nursing and health professional journal Progress in Transplantation.
This inter-professional journal is specific to clinicians working in donor procurement and management, pre- and post-transplant hospital care, and the long-term care of abdominal and thoracic donors and recipients. End stage renal, liver, heart, pancreatic, and bowel disease and subsequent organ transplantation is a highly specialized area of medicine in which state-of-the-art technology, research, and innovative techniques are used to address serious and complex medical problems. The journal accepts original research and clinical practice issues from nurses, pharmacists, social workers, psychology, psychiatry, nutritionists, and donor, pre- and post- transplant coordinators.
Dr. Winsett has been involved in transplant nursing since 1976 and has over 100 publications in transplantation. NATCO, The Organization for Transplant Professionals has sponsored the journal since its inception in 1991. She began her new role April 11, 2016. Dr. Winsett will continue her employment part-time with St. Mary’s as well.
Coleman and Reese to transfer from UE
Aces Roster Shaping Up For 2016-17 Season
University of Evansville interim head women’s basketball coach Matt Ruffing has announced the transfers of two student-athletes from the Purple Aces program.
Camille Coleman and Taloni Reese have decided to transfer from UE at the completion of the spring semester. Â Coleman, who completed her freshman season and Reese, a sophomore in 2015-16, are both looking to attend an institution closer to their homes in northern Indiana.
“I want to thank Camille and Taloni for all of their hard work and dedication to our program,†Ruffing said. “We respect their decision to move closer to home and wish them the best of luck in the future.â€
Governor Pence Spokeswoman Statement on Meeting with Presidential Candidate Governor John Kasich
Governor Pence’s third meeting with presidential candidates
Indianapolis – Spokeswoman for Governor Mike Pence, Kara Brooks, issued the following statement after Governor Pence met with Ohio Governor John Kasich today. Last week Governor Pence met with presidential candidates Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz.
“Governor Pence was pleased to welcome Governor John Kasich back to the Hoosier state, just as he did with Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz. They had a cordial and substantive conversation about the need for a change of leadership in Washington D.C. and the need to reduce the burden the federal government is placing on job creators and working families.â€
Ivy Tech Media Opportunity – Wednesday, April 27, 2016
What: Chancellor’s Club Milestone Picnic
When:Â Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
Where:Â Ivy Tech Community College, 3501 N. First Avenue Koch Student Center (first floor commons)
Background:Â Ivy Tech faculty, staff, and students will join together to celebrate those students who are reaching milestones in their academic career here at the College. Students who will reach the 15, 30 or 45 credit hour mark at the end of this semester will be recognized with a picnic, milestone gifts such as a t-shirt, pin, or padfolio, and remarks from Chancellor Weinzapfel.
The goal of the event is to bring recognition to those who have worked hard to earn these hours and encourage student retention, success and completion.
Event Contact:Â Jonathan Weinzapfel, chancellor, or Brad Dotson, director of the Lamkin Center for learning and student success (812) 492-0519