(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) recognizes that the abuse of opioid medications has steadily increased in the past decade and we are now facing a crisis. That’s one reason why he authored Assembly Bill 715, which calls on California Department of Public Health to develop statewide opioid prescribing guidelines for acute pain. Learn more about the opioid crisis in this Assembly Assets video produced by KRCB-TV, North Bay Public Media and the Sonoma County Department of Public Health.
