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EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here

EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here

Update: 2024-06-03
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An update of our 2020 series, in which we spoke with physicians, researchers, and addicts about the root causes of the crisis — and the tension between abstinence and harm reduction.

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Gail D’Onofrio, professor and chair of emergency medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and chief of emergency services at Yale-New Haven Health.
    • Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
    • Stephen Loyd, chief medical officer of Cedar Recovery and chair of the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council.
    • Nicole O’Donnell, certified recovery specialist at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy.
    • Jeanmarie Perrone, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
    • Eileen Richardson, restaurant manager.

 

 

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EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here

EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here

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