• Parkin-Smith G
• Amorin-Woods L
• Shobbrook M
• Losco B

• Affiliation / Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia (CCEA)
• Affiliation / Council on Chiropractic Education International (CCEI)
• Affiliation / Health Professions Accreditation Collaborative Forum
• Affiliation / Murdoch University. College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education. Discipline of Chiropractic
• Affiliation / Private Practice
• Affiliation(G) / Australia / Western Australia / Perth
• Back Pain / therapy
• Evidence-Based Chiropractic
• Guideline Adherence
• Open Access Document
• Opioid Epidemic / Australia
• Opioid Epidemic / prevention and control

This paper summarises the current opioid crisis in Australia and offers recommendations and strategies where chiropractic, on both an individual practitioner and professional level, can engage with the problem, with a view to mitigating the risks of harm of opioid overuse. The authors also describe how engaging with the opioid crisis may indeed assist in promoting and lobbying for evidence-based, guideline-concordant management for non-cancer spinal pain.

Author keywords: Opioid Crisis, Chiropractic, Back Pain, Evidence-based Practice, Guideline Adherence

Author affiliations: GP-S, LA-W, MS: Private practice, Australia; GP-S, LA-W: College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Discipline of Chiropractic, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia; MS: Director, Council on Chiropractic Education International (CCEI); MS: Deputy Chair, Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia (CCEA); MS: Deputy Chair, Health Professions Accreditation Collaborative Forum

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