About this episode

Dr. Allison Arwady discusses how public health strategies used in infectious disease outbreaks can be applied to combat the opioid crisis.

How do lessons from combating Ebola and MERS stop opioid overdoses? Former Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner and CDC official, Dr. Allison Arwady, reveals how applied public health methods can defeat the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history. The illicit drug trade changed forever with the increased introduction of synthetic opioids. Opioid overdoses quickly became the leading cause of death among young adults, eventually claiming over 100,000 American lives per year. D...

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Host: William Trick

Guest: Dr. Allison Arwady

Topics covered

• opioid crisis
• public health
• drug epidemic
• synthetic opioids
• health responses

Keywords

• opioid overdoses
• public health methods
• drug epidemic
• synthetic opioids
• Ebola
• MERS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Department of Public Health, CDC

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