The Opioid Crisis And Pharmacy

Carolyn Chen (AED President 2019-2020) is joined by guest Alex Sim, P1 at the UT College of Pharmacy. They discuss what a career in pharmacy looks like and the opioid crisis. The original paper that questions the effectiveness of naloxone-related policy: "The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3135264 Article addressing common criticisms of public naloxone availability: "Preventing Opiate Overdose Deaths: Examining Objections to Take-Home Naloxone" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008773/