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A San Diego startup is aiming to curb the United States’ historic opioid crisis by helping get people off addicting painkillers.

Neuralace Medical, founded by Shiv Shukla, was recently honored with $50,000 after winning the John G. Watson Quick Pitch competition in the California city, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. The flagship device used by Neuralace Medical is meant to treat chronic pain by utilizing magnets pulses to help soothe nerve damage.

After we’ve been seeing the death toll of accidental overdoses from opioids continue to climb in the country, Shukla clearly made a compelling case of how he can help stop one of the largest problems confronting the U.S. today.

The founder said his research into the epidemic motivated him to act on what he saw as a mounting threat for people across the country.

“Instead, what I found was really responsible adults who had gone through a surgical

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