Kevin Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Copied from from words of today's legislative session. Although cannabis is not mentioned, this shows some of our legislators are aware of the huge problem of chronic pain in Michigan. Sure like to think this is good news in one way or another. --------------------------- Reps. LeBlanc, Barnett, Constan, Denby, Goike, Heise, Kowall, Kurtz, Liss, Lori, O’Brien, Poleski, Rogers, Segal, Shaughnessy, Slavens, Stamas and Tyler offered the following resolution: House Resolution No. 121. A resolution to declare September 2011 as Pain Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. Whereas, One third of all Michiganders suffer from chronic pain yearly, many for the rest of their lives; and Whereas, Although medical knowledge and technologies exist to relieve or reduce pain, greater awareness and research is needed in order to properly treat pain and people with pain, including those near the end of life who in most part get very little or no relief and our veterans who suffer now from unique and difficult to treat conditions; and Whereas, People who suffer from chronic pain are too often stigmatized and marginalized, and often uninformed as to their right to effective pain assessment and management; and Whereas, There are national organizations and coalitions such as the American Pain Association (ACPA) and Partners for Understanding Pain (PUP) working to raise awareness among healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public at large regarding issues of people living with pain, especially chronic pain; and Whereas, A statewide month dedicated to educating all Michiganders on the issues of those living with pain can result in a better informed public and better planning of therapies for those that suffer from chronic pain; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare September 2011 as Pain Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. We respect the needs of those with pain and seek to make those needs known to the population of the great state of Michigan. The question being on the adoption of the resolution, The resolution was adopted. ----------------------------- Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mike44 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Copied from from words of today's legislative session. Although cannabis is not mentioned, this shows some of our legislators are aware of the huge problem of chronic pain in Michigan. Sure like to think this is good news in one way or another. --------------------------- Reps. LeBlanc, Barnett, Constan, Denby, Goike, Heise, Kowall, Kurtz, Liss, Lori, O’Brien, Poleski, Rogers, Segal, Shaughnessy, Slavens, Stamas and Tyler offered the following resolution: House Resolution No. 121. A resolution to declare September 2011 as Pain Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. Whereas, One third of all Michiganders suffer from chronic pain yearly, many for the rest of their lives; and Whereas, Although medical knowledge and technologies exist to relieve or reduce pain, greater awareness and research is needed in order to properly treat pain and people with pain, including those near the end of life who in most part get very little or no relief and our veterans who suffer now from unique and difficult to treat conditions; and Whereas, People who suffer from chronic pain are too often stigmatized and marginalized, and often uninformed as to their right to effective pain assessment and management; and Whereas, There are national organizations and coalitions such as the American Pain Association (ACPA) and Partners for Understanding Pain (PUP) working to raise awareness among healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public at large regarding issues of people living with pain, especially chronic pain; and Whereas, A statewide month dedicated to educating all Michiganders on the issues of those living with pain can result in a better informed public and better planning of therapies for those that suffer from chronic pain; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare September 2011 as Pain Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. We respect the needs of those with pain and seek to make those needs known to the population of the great state of Michigan. The question being on the adoption of the resolution, The resolution was adopted. ----------------------------- Peace. I will wait and see how they vote on the bills that will affect patients with pain. They can approve a resolution, but if they vote to restrict the ways that patients can get relief, or take away their access to the medication that helps them it's not worth the paper it was printed on. Edited September 10, 2011 by mike44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicinejeff Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 That is good especially to see my rep Heise involved as has been non-responsive to my MM emails. Always good to raise awareness especially about the stigma and marginalization that goes on in Dr. offices... AND the looks of doubt some have since "Pain is subjective", opiate abuse and sometimes questionable litigation. Don't get me started. TODAY... this... this is a GOOD THING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombiefied Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 One third of all Michiganders suffer from chronic pain yearly Source: U.S. Census BureauMichigan Population 9,969,727 - Jul 2009 So thats 3,290,009.91 people that qualify in Michigan JUST for Chronic Pain.... No wonder why Chronic pain is the leading condition for people getting there MM card...... We need to get all 3.3 mil people legal!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 So thats 3,290,009.91 people that qualify in Michigan JUST for Chronic Pain.... No wonder why Chronic pain is the leading condition for people getting there MM card...... We need to get all 3.3 mil people legal!!! That .91 must be a young adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+EdwardGlen Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 According to this report 13%+ of Michigan's total population is disabled in the age group of 16-64. It gets worse the poorer you are...imagine that... Disability POPULATION Statistics for Michigan From Pooled 2005-2007 ACS PUMS Data http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/ According to this report its closer to 50% total population of Michigan has a disability. http://www.alignmentsaginawcountyreport.org/disability-population-statistics-for-michigan-ages-21-64.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croppled1 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) According to this report 13%+ of Michigan's total population is disabled in the age group of 16-64. It gets worse the poorer you are...imagine that... Disability POPULATION Statistics for Michigan From Pooled 2005-2007 ACS PUMS Data http://www.pbs.org/w...ine/shows/knew/ According to this report its closer to 50% total population of Michigan has a disability. http://www.alignment...ages-21-64.html Your misreading for the second table it is a breakdown of those within the disabled population 48.8% are male etc . These statistics can be confusing , interesting information . The first table wouldn't open this website cut's off the link making it useless as a protection I believe but it can be frustrating . I hope your doing as well as possible today EdwardGlen. Edited September 10, 2011 by Croppled1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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