We want to answer a question a lot of people ask us: Why are we making this podcast? Why make a podcast about solutions to the opioid epidemic? On this bonus episode, we ...
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that hand out clean equipment, ...
At a book group meeting, women went around the circle and introduced themselves. They found out that nearly everyone there had a son addicted to heroin. The book group soon ...
A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, one emergency department, a ...
In this episode, we hear personal stories from three women that show just how tightly woven together trauma, pain and addiction are. Also, we hear their stories of ...
On this episode we zoom out and get a more complete picture of chronic pain, so we can understand where opioids fit in. We find out about one solution that helps people feel ...
Some people with chronic pain now rely on medical marijuana in place of opioid painkillers. But, in the absence of formal medical guidance, many patients, like reporter Anne ...
Washington State law around opioid prescribing has recently changed. Reporter Eilís O’Neill follows a couple, Megan and Ben, through the birth of their second child. Two and ...
For Shannon McCarty, two things were crucial in her recovery: connections and timing. It started with timing – a key encounter just when she wanted to get off the drugs. And ...
Marshmallows in Kevlar and a foul-mouthed social worker. Coffee dates, mac n’ cheese, and body wash. The county reimagines police work and helps hundreds of people get into ...