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Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Empowering Individuals to Help Stop the Opioid Epidemic
November 8, 2021 – A panel of experts bring different geographic and occupational perspectives to discuss the ever-important role of bystanders, local communities, and first responders in reversing the tragic trajectory of the opioid crisis.
Changing the Opioid Epidemic Demands Innovation
August 31, 2021 – Overdoses from illegal synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl, have skyrocketed, accounting for more than 57,000 deaths in 2020.
A Prescription for Tackling the Opioid Overdose Crisis – A Panel Discussion
May 25, 2021 – A panel of experts agreed that to save lives amid the escalating overdose crisis, we must improve education about addiction and overdose, eliminate stigma and rapidly advance co-prescribing of reversal agents.
We must act together if we are to save lives and turn the tide of the opioid epidemic
October 15, 2020 — Overdoses from illegal synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl, have skyrocketed, accounting for more than 57,000 deaths in 2020.
Lessons from a doctor and CEO on the US’s opioid crisis
April 14, 2020 – Roger Crystal set out to impact healthcare at a ‘societal’ level. The doctor who developed the NARCAN® Nasal Spray says he is proud to see its impact on the opioid crisis in the United States: the opioid overdose reversal medicine has saved a large number of lives.