Opioid Use: Discussing Addiction and Prevention

Do you, or someone you know, struggle with opioid addiction? If so, join us for this episode as we take an honest look at the challenges of opioid addiction in the United States today. Our special guest, Jaeda Chabot, shares her real-life journey from addiction to sobriety and shares what it was that helped her to recover. We then shift the discussion toward prevention as special guest Lauren Bozarth, a Health Communications Campaign Administrator at Prevention First, shares more about the public awareness and prevention campaigns she creates to help drive awareness and recovery. Also, joining the discussion is special guest David Mastropietro, a pharmacist and researcher of abuse-deterrent formulations who discusses his research around developing medications that help prevent drug-users from becoming addicted to prescription drugs – like opioids – in the first place. He shares the unfortunate challenges we face as a nation that are preventing these new pharmaceutical developments from being available in the market. David also offers helpful tips for what to do in the event someone you know is found overdosing. What you will learn in this episode could save someone’s life – maybe even your own. Do you have an idea for an upcoming episode? If so, let us know by sending an email to un.believer.inbetweener@gmail.com.

 

* The nasal spray mentioned in the show is called Narcan.