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Education
Walmart and Sam’s Club are committed to supporting education programs and initiatives aimed at curbing opioid abuse. This includes providing current resources to our pharmacists on pain management, safe prescribing and how to talk to patients about pain disorder and substance abuse disorder.
We arm our pharmacists with opioid safety information that is provided to patients when picking up a new acute opioid prescription. Pharmacists provide additional safety counseling about overdose risks and naloxone use to patients who might be at risk of overdose. These educational efforts for patients yields results. Patients are reaching out to tell us the information and tools we provided helped keep them safe – in some cases saving lives.
Walmart believes that youth education is an important part of the fight against prescription drug abuse. Our company has partnered with the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration’s (D.E.A.) 360 Strategy initiative, regional D.E.A. offices, Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, Operation Engage and the Gavin Foundation to sponsor National Youth Summits on opioid awareness. This program has partnered with hundreds of stakeholders and non-profits working on this issue and targets middle and high school students to raise awareness on the dangers of substance abuse.
Stewardship | Education | Advocacy
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