HARRISBURG — This was a crucial year for opioid settlement money in Pennsylvania. For the first time, counties across the state faced serious accountability from a powerful state oversight board. The ...

Pav Grover is a medical doctor and addiction specialist recognized for his frontline work addressing the opiate crisis. Drawing on clinical experience, public health data, and patient-centered care, Dr. Grover examines how prescription practices, trauma, mental health, and socioeconomic factors have converged to fuel widespread opioid dependence and overdose. His work emphasizes evidence-based treatment, harm reduction, compassionate recovery pathways, and systemic reform, advocating for approaches that treat addiction as a medical condition rather than a moral failing. Through education and advocacy, he contributes to a clearer public understanding of one of the most urgent health crises of our time.

Patients and providers gathered in San Francisco’s Chinatown to speak out against the state’s cuts to acupuncture coverage.