Ep. 248 -Taking Recovery to The Streets
About 21 million Americans struggle with addiction every day, yet only ten percent receive treatment. While that percentage is shockingly low, the reality is that traditional methods of aid are inaccessible for [...]
Ep. 247 – The Corrupting Influence of Purdue: WHO knew?
As negative press continued to build for Purdue Pharma and the opioid crisis grew, their U.S. market shares began to shrink. Prescriptions for OxyContin fell more than 40% since 2010, equating to [...]
Ep. 246 – Lost Lives Lead to New Prevention Programs
In June of 2016, we sat down with Dr. Tom Gilson, the nationally known medical examiner from Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Hoping it might inform and help others, Dr. Gilson reviewed Sam McNeil’s [...]
Episode 245: Modern-day FDA, What’s New is Still Old
In our three-part series with American Overdose author, Chris McGreal, we took an in-depth look at some of the policies and practices of the FDA that helped lead to our nation’s worst [...]
Episode 244: Big Pharma, “It’s the patients not the pills”
When award-winning author Chris McGreal sat down to write American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts, he wanted to answer two questions. The first: How could the opioid crisis go on [...]
Ep. 243 – Profits Over People – Part 2: Industry Influence and Intrigue
To many, how and why the opioid epidemic came about remains a mystery. How did these dangerous and addictive substances earn approval for distribution? Why were these drugs approved if they were [...]
Ep. 242 – Profits Over People: FDA Opioid Drug Approvals, with Author Chris McGreal
The Opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in American history, claiming over 350,000 lives since 1999. While many people have an idea of what caused the opioid crisis, few understand the [...]
Ep. 241 – Behind the Scenes of “Heroin’s Grip” a New Documentary, with Director Conrad Weaver
Many people that view addiction from the outside don’t understand the struggle addicts go through and can’t appreciate how addiction impacts their families. To educate people from that perspective, the new documentary, [...]
Ep. 240 – Uncovering Coverage Gaps & Understanding The ACA, with Lindsey Vuolo
In March of 2019 the Center on Addiction, a nonprofit organization committed to supporting families struggling with substance use and addiction, published Uncovering Coverage Gaps II: A Review of Addiction Benefits in [...]
Ep. 239 – Faith Communities Supercharging Recovery, with Dr. Monty Burks
The opioid epidemic has taken a deep toll on families throughout Appalachia. In Tennessee alone, over 1,631 people, (more than five per day), died from a drug overdose in 2016. To respond [...]
Ep. 238 – Empowering Families Struggling with Opioid Addiction, with Roy Poillon
While there are many high-quality treatment centers, organizations, and programs for people struggling with opioid addiction, their families often lack the same resources. Opioid use changes the lives of the addict’s family [...]
Ep. 237 – Understanding Purdue Pharma’s Settlement with Oklahoma
On March 26, 2019, the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, a high-profile figure in the Opioid Epidemic, agreed to a $270 Million Opioid Settlement with the State of Oklahoma. The money from this [...]