Freedom of expression. And that legacy continues after she left. So she certainly made her mark on the world. And certainly showed that shes unflappable in the face of criticism and unflappable in the face of an attempt to undo all of the work that that fine organization is doing. For me, shes a great role model of how we conduct ourselves as women, in the face of what can be a little bit of a backslide from time to time. Its nice to have people we can see who embody strength and thick skin and certainly youve talked to you wrote in your book about how much you have how far youve come in this regard in in not letting the turkeys get you down. Your personal story makes the case for Public Policy that supports women, how do we get men to be allies in the fight to fight to further these policies when they dont experience these things personally . How do we make men care about feminism . Is we share our stories. Again not to be a broken record, but humanizing these issues just as i for exa
People who are potentially mega donors to their campaigns, or to their future campaigns. This is why voter apathy is so upsetting to me. Because we do show people like governor perry that acting in ways like that will go unaccounted theyre not held to account for it. And i think that we all ought to own our responsibility to make sure were using our voices in a way that show that we are as powerful as some of these folks that can write the big checks. Right. Because ultimately politics is powerful, but we also need to change culture, and we need to change the way that we see these issues through a moral justice lens. Maybe thats the direction we need to go. So how do you determine your political platform and agenda . Who educates you on the issues that you champion . It really comes from in here. And as an elected official, i try very hard to keep an open door for people to come in and talk about things that matter to them. My work on testing the backlog on rape kits in texas came from
Briefly, what does the body of Scientific Evidence show regarding effect i haveness of met doen and buprenorphine in treatment of opioid abuse disorders . The research has shown, has shown it not just for methadone and buprenorphine, and naloxone, as part of a comprehensive program for treatment of opioid addiction are quite effective and significantly improve outcomes of individuals being able to stay on one hand ab stinent from the drug or to decrease likelihood of relapsing, also protects them against adverse outcome such as overdose. So in light of those studies you also said in your testimony that existing evidence based prevention and treatment strategies are highly underutilized across the United States, and last week we had an expert tell the panel that very few patients with opioid addiction today receive treatments that have been proven most effective. He was talking about the rapid detox, followed by abstinence based treatment. I wonder if you can help understand this. Why d
Treatment of opioid abuse disorders . The research has shown, has shown it not just for methadone and buprenorphine, and naloxone, as part of a comprehensive program for treatment of opioid addiction are quite effective and significantly improve outcomes of individuals being able to stay on one hand ab stinent from the drug or to decrease likelihood of relapsing, also protects them against adverse outcome such as overdose. So in light of those studies you also said in your testimony that existing evidence based prevention and treatment strategies are highly underutilized across the United States, and last week we had an expert tell the panel that very few patients with opioid addiction today receive treatments that have been proven most effective. He was talking about the rapid detox, followed by abstinence based treatment. I wonder if you can help understand this. Why do we have a situation where people are not getting evidence based treatment . It is a complex problem. There are many
Leadership that we quite often consider quite acceptable because they are usually quite effective. They create the kind of units that perform according to the standards at the end of the day. Why should we fire them if theyre effective as officers. While actually they are producing unit cultures that in the end may become really problematic. Some experiences with the worst cases of units misbehavior leading to crimes or war crimes, for example. We have the business literature out there supporting us more and more. That doesnt mean so much, though. Because, again we are looking at combat that doesnt apply because warfare is something completely different. You can always dismiss that. Thats very clear, though. We are seeing the same thing within diplomacy and negotiations and humanitarian affairs that if you have gender lenses. Youll do it more effectively. One might assume that applies to the military affairs and intelligence gathering, as well. Unless its so unique that it doesnt, agai