News & Media

June 7, 2023

Cammie on Fox 26 Houston

Cammie talks to Fox26 about her story and how she has made it her life's mission to help other families. She highlights all of her initiatives, including her book and the Life Care Specialist, and explains why they are needed, supported by data.

January 9, 2023

The Opioid Epidemic Is Sweeping The Nation; This Is How We’re Fighting Back

Opioid use disorder has been on the rise in recent years, with opioid use making up 72% of all overdose deaths.

September 8, 2022

Cammie Shares Her Story and Mission with the American Addiction Center

Cammie joins other advocates and survivors to share about how addiction has affected them

September 2, 2022

Cammie Wolf Rice on NBC Tampa Bay

Cammie Wolf Rice joins Gayle Guyardo on the nationally syndicated health and wellness show, Bloom, to share how she has devoted her life to stopping the opioid epidemic after losing her son.

September 2, 2022

Cammie Wolf Rice on the popular Discover Your Talent, Love What You Do Podcast – Tragedy Turned Into Purpose

Cammie sits down with Don Hutcheson to tell the story of how losing her son to an overdose sparked a fire inside her to fight the opioid epidemic

September 1, 2022

Overdose Awareness Day

August 31 is Overdose Awareness Day. Cammie Wolf Rice, author and advocate, lost her son Christopher to an opioid overdose. Founder of the Christopher Wolf Crusade, her mission is to end addiction and prevent tragedies like this from happening.

December 4, 2024

Cammie Joins Elizabeth Vargas on the Heart of the Matter Podcast

Jackie Siegel, also known as “The Queen of Versailles,” joins Elizabeth Vargas to share the heartbreaking journey of her daughter Victoria, who […]

December 4, 2024

Cammie Joins Sagely Speaking with Mary Bono

Cammie shares her personal story of loss from the opioid crisis and her journey of resilience. She is the founder of the […]

December 4, 2024

Cammie on the Healio Physicianary Podcast

In this episode, guest Cammie Wolf Rice discusses the opioid crisis, how it impacted her life and family and her foundation’s mission […]

June 21, 2024

How one mom is fighting the opioid crisis by asking hospitals to provide pain coaches

After surgery, Christopher Wolf went home with a big bottle of Oxycontin. He overdosed from heroin 14 years later. His mom Cammie Wolf Rice now works to train pain coaches for patients.

June 21, 2024

Pain Relief: New approaches to how we live with pain

Thirty years into the opioid crisis, we still struggle to find other options for pain relief. This hour, TED speakers explain new understandings of how the brain interprets pain and new ideas to cope.

June 5, 2023

Cammie on The Portal: The Window into Pain and Purpose

Cammie Wolf Rice discusses in detail her tagline, “Turning Pain into Purpose” on the Ah-ha Healing Podcast with the host and CEO Janice Taylor.

May 3, 2023

Cammie on the The Chataholic Podcast

The Chataholic Podcast discusses the opioid epidemic with Cammie and all she is doing to end this tragedy.

April 20, 2023

Something Something about Cammie Wolf Rice

Cammie chats with the Something, Something Podcast about her new book, her organization and the her efforts to end the opioid epidemic.

April 14, 2023

Cammie Talks to the Relatable Voice Podcast

Cammie sits down with Lucia from The Relatable Voice show in an episode called “A Mother’s Love,” where she shares her emotional and impactful journey.

February 19, 2023

Cammie Wolf Rice Talks to Radio Health Journal

In This Podcast Cammie Talks About Finding Pain Management Strategies That Don’t Involve Opioids.

February 15, 2023

Cammie Wolf Rice Interviews with the Point of No Return Podcast

Cammie discusses her fight against the opioid epidemic today and in the future.

January 3, 2023

Cammie Wolf Rice on the Mike Wagner Show

Mike Wagner talks to Cammie about her new book, The Flight, and what she is doing to stop the opioid epidemic.

January 1, 2023

Cammie Wolf Rice Talks to The Post Industrial

Cammie and host Carmen Gentile discuss the opioid epidemic and highlight the changes that need to be made in treatment for people with substance abuse disorder.

December 12, 2022

The Addiction Podcast Interviews Cammie Wolf Rice

Cammie talks about how she is stopping the opioid epidemic today and the future

November 22, 2022

Cammie Wolf Rice Gets Interviewed by NBC Indiana

Cammie joins NBC in Indiana to talk about the Care Coach position she helped create in hospitals, her son Christopher and her new book, The Flight.

November 3, 2022

Cammie Wolf Rice Shares About The Care Coach Position with Fox 59 Indiana

Cammie helped create a new position in hospitals to help patients with pain management. In this interview she shares all about the new Care Coach position.

October 19, 2022

Atlanta’s 11 Alive Interviews Cammie on the New Life Care Specialist Role

Cammie, along with Dr. Mara Schenker, Chief of Orthopedics at Grady Hospital, discuss the new Life Care Specialist program created to help patients find alternative pain management solutions.

April 8, 2025

Georgia Opioid Settlement Funding for Grady LCS Program

Grady Memorial Hospital was recently awarded funding from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust to sustain the Life Care Specialist program for […]

April 4, 2025

WebMD Article Features CWC Alliance

CWC Alliance is featured in WebMD’s article, “From Tragedy to Transformation: Ending Opioid Addiction,” which highlights efforts to combat the opioid crisis. We’re proud to contribute to this vital conversation through our work in prevention, education, and mental wellness.

March 9, 2025

CWC Alliance Featured in The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Atlanta-based nonprofit is leading the flight against opioid addiction.

January 15, 2025

Partners Resilient Georgia & CWC Alliance Receive Georgia Opioid Settlement Funding to Launch Statewide Youth Prevention Program

October 14, 2024

One-on-One with Cammie Rice

We welcome Cammie Rice to INsight to share her story and to talk to us about her book, “The Flight”. Cammie is a mother, an advocate, an author, and an agent for change. She has personal experience dealing with the dangers of opioid misuse through her own son’s battle from childhood through his passing at 32.

October 7, 2024

Urban opioid education moves to rural counties

A hospital program in Fulton County, Ga. that educates patients on opioids, and is working to prevent misuse and dependency at the source, is expanding to four rural counties in Georgia.

December 14, 2023

IPRCE Award

Several partners of the School of Nursing have been designated as Points of Light by the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory for their exemplary work in reducing injury and violence in Georgia. These individuals and organizations were honored at the organization’s recent 30th anniversary celebration.

December 14, 2023

‘No one asks to become addicted’: mother who lost son to drug overdose goes to war against opioids and ignorance of the dark side of painkillers

Cammie Wolf Rice shares her struggle to make sense of losing her son to opioids in her new book, and how she helps parents take steps to prevent similar deaths.

December 14, 2023

From pain to purpose: How a mother who lost her son to addiction is now fighting the US opioid epidemic

Speaking at the FCC on October 8th, Cammie went into detail about her son’s death, and how it moved her to become an activist fighting the United States’ ongoing opioid epidemic, which has taken an estimated 500,000 lives since Christopher passed away in 2016.

April 17, 2023

With More Young People Dying From Fentanyl…

Cammie Wolf Rice, Founder of the Christopher Wolf Crusade, and a parent who lost her son Christopher to this crisis...

April 6, 2023

Cammie Wolf Rice’s The Flight Featured in Los Angeles Wave Newspaper

LA Wave Newspaper get up close and personal with Cammie on her book and her emotional journey.

March 11, 2023

The Faces of Fentanyl Wall

The Faces of Fentanyl wall is a physical display of photos that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

February 26, 2023

Cammie Featured At The Top On Postindustrial Home Page

Cammie Wolf Rice featured at the top of the Postindustrial homepage today.

February 1, 2023

Cammie Wolf Rice on Fox 5 Atlanta

Cammie talks about how she turned the pain from losing her son into the drive to stop the opioid epidemic.

December 18, 2022

Cammie Wolf Rice Sits Down with Savvy Broadcasting to Discuss the Opioid Epidemic

Savvy Broadcasting interviews Cammie about the loss of her son, her new book, and everything she is doing to put an end to the opioid epidemic.

December 12, 2022

Cammie Wolf Rice Talks to Atlanta News First

From writing a book to creating a non-profit, Cammie is making sure she is doing all she can to keep families like hers from the heartbreak she carries every day.

October 19, 2022

Books by Women Feature an Excerpt from Cammie Wolf Rice’s The Flight.

Take an exclusive look at an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Cammie’s new book, The Flight: My Opioid Journey.

February 26, 2019

Transmuting Violence

Friendship is one of life’s greatest gifts. This piece discusses the wonderful relationship that Danielle Kirk and Cammie Wolf Rice have shared and the impact they have had on one another.

June 26, 2025

CWC Alliance Featured in Governing Magazine

Prevention’s Neglected Role in Getting Ahead of the Opioid Crisis.

April 24, 2025

CWC Alliance Featured in Seniors Lifestyle Magazine

4 Safer Ways to Treat Pain as We Age.

March 10, 2025

Cammie’s Powerful Memoir, The Flight: My Opioid Journey, Now Available as an Audiobook

The audiobook is now available on major platforms, including Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Listeners can purchase and download the audiobook today to gain a deeper understanding of the opioid epidemic and Rice’s mission to drive change through awareness and advocacy.

October 4, 2022

Cammie Wolf Rice on Positive Talk Radio

Cammie and host Kevin McDonald have an in-depth discussion about all the good she is doing against the opioid epidemic after losing her son Christopher to an overdose

October 3, 2022

ABC Portland Interviews Cammie Wolf Rice about her new book and Overdose Awareness Day.

Watch Cammie share her son’s story and all about her campaign to teach others what she wished she would have known about the addictiveness of certain medication.

September 26, 2022

A mother’s pain after son’s death leads to life care solutions

A brief recap and opinion on the book launch event written by Maria Saporta.

September 19, 2022

The Opioid Public Health Crisis: One Mother’s Mission

Elaine Karas, founder of the Trauma Resource Institute tells how the Life Care Specialist is an innovative opioid addiction prevention idea.