Finding Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic – with Angela Stander Ito (Part 2)

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Finding Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic - with Angela Stander Ito (Part 2)
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Last week we talked about how the opioid epidemic kills more Utahns than guns and car wrecks combined.  Now, with Part 2 of this discussion, we talk about some of the solutions to the opioid epidemic. Does the solution rely on doctors? Patients? We also talk about some of the benefits of a drug called naloxone, which can save the life of someone who just overdosed. So is there hope? Angela Stander Ito from the Utah Department of Health says: yes.

For more info on Utah’s opioid epidemic, visit opidemic.org

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