Ep. 260 – ResultsOhio: Funding Programs That Get Results
You wouldn’t pay for something without knowing what you were getting, but all too often, our tax dollars are spent on programs without accountability for results. With the new ResultsOhio initiative, led [...]
Ep. 259 – Unpacking The Settlement in The Ohio Bellwether MDL Case in Cleveland
On October 21st, just as a landmark opioid trial was about to begin, a $260 million settlement was reached. The deal negotiated between three major opioid distributors, one opioid manufacturer, and Cuyahoga [...]
Ep. 258 – Saving Lives from Opioid Overdoses – Part 2: Harm Reduction
Last week, in part 1 of our series on harm reduction, Dr. Jeffrey Singer talked with us about the current state of Naloxone in America, and how to get it to those in [...]
Ep. 257 – Saving Lives from Opioid Overdoses – Part 1: The Naloxone Policy Discussion
As a regular listener of our podcast, you know that Naloxone can revive an unconscious overdose victim, and stabilize them until proper medical help arrives. 130 people die in our country every [...]
Ep. 256 – The Data Big Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know – Part 2
This past August, we started our two-part series covering the public release of the ARCOS data, the DEA’s virtual roadmap to the opioid epidemic. Today, we finish that coverage with Washington Post [...]
Ep. 255 – David Siegel & The Opioid Pandemic- Part 2
Last time on the Cover2 Podcast, David Siegel, the CEO of Westgate Resorts, shared how the opioid epidemic changed his family forever when it took the life of his daughter Victoria. With [...]
Ep. 254 – David Siegel & The Opioid Pandemic- Part 1
Since we began this podcast series three and a half years ago, we’ve met some amazing people doing incredible work, each making a difference in the opioid epidemic in their own way. [...]
Ep. 253 – A Settlement in Memory of Those Lost to The Opioid Epidemic
This summer, there’s been a great deal of news on the opioid lawsuit in Oklahoma and the Multidistrict Litigation suits here in Cleveland. We’ve heard how communities and native tribes throughout the [...]
Ep. 252 – Introducing a Community of First Responders (Everyone Has a Role!)
First Responders have 6 minutes to make it to an overdose victim and begin administering life-saving Narcan. Sadly, that’s not always possible. The Community of First Responders Initiative is about making Narcan [...]
Ep. 251 – The Data Big Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know – Part 1
On July 15th, DEA data covering 2006 to 2012 American opioid sales, was released to the public. The ARCOS data revealed the distribution path of every oxycodone and hydrocodone pill sold in [...]
Ep. 250 – The FDA Missteps that Fueled Our Nation’s Health Crisis
Today’s guest, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, is an authority on the opioid epidemic. As a Senior Scientist and, Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Dr. [...]
Ep. 249 – The First Agency to Sound the Alarm
The First Agency to Sound The Alarm While many people in power ignored the mounting evidence of the Opioid Crisis, one leader refused to turn a blind eye. In 2009, fresh from [...]