opioid crisis

Opioids have been a problem in communities across the US for a long time now, but one specific opioid, fentanyl, is causing overdoses at an exponential rate. Some say prevention and addressing trauma are overlooked, but essential, strategies to curb the opioid crisis. On this week’s Health & Prevention Report, KSJD’s Lucas Brady Woods discusses with Katie McClure, the project facilitator for the Southwest Colorado Opioid Overdose Prevention Consortium.

Overdoses and overdose deaths are on the rise in Southwest Colorado, including here in Montezuma County. Many of the overdoses are the result of the opioid fentanyl, which is often mixed with illicit street drugs.

Since the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of people have died in the opioid epidemic. Now, communities from across the US are suing major opioid makers and…

Nearly 40 states in the U.S. are expected to accept a $26 billion settlement from pharmaceutical companies, including Johnson & Johnson.