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Ep. 249 – The First Agency to Sound the Alarm

Greg McNeil2019-11-20T10:52:16-05:00July 19th, 2019|Podcasts|

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 seven years as NYC’s health commissioner, Dr. Tom Frieden, president, and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives was appointed a director [...]

Episode 244: Big Pharma, “It’s the patients not the pills”

Greg McNeil2019-05-30T17:17:15-04:00May 30th, 2019|Podcasts|

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 for nearly 20 years before it reached public awareness? The second: Why did the opioid crisis happen in America, and [...]