Addiction Recovery Channel: Preventing Overdose Fatalities with Overdose Prevention Sites with Dr. Dan Ciccarone

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Ed Baker hosts an analysis of the overwhelming rate of drug overdose fatality in America and Vermont and the pressing evidence supporting overdose prevention sites.

Ed’s guest is Dan Ciccarone, MD, MPH. Dr. Ciccarone is a recognized international scholar focused upon the medical, public health and public policy dimensions of substance use, risk and consequences.

Dr. Ciccarone discusses his work researching the development of the public health crisis we are experiencing in America and Vermont today. He explains the confluence of pharmaceutical opioids, heroin, fentanyl and stimulant use and overdose, and the costs in human lives. Harm Reduction interventions are explored, with emphasis on Overdose Prevention Sites.

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