Live Healthy West Virginia
Ep. 42 - Overdose Awareness: Epidemic Improving, But Crisis Not Over
Season 1, Episode 1
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28m
West Virginia still leads the nation in overdose deaths, but the CDC estimates a drop of about 42 percent in those deaths over the last few years. However, that doesn’t mean the overdose epidemic is over. We talk about overdose awareness, prevention, and treatment, with Dr. Michael Reynolds, addiction medicine specialist at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute’s Healthy Minds – Chestnut Ridge Center.
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