Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Overdose deaths are dropping in US, Trump wants to cut funding for Narcan
Opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly a quarter last year, thanks in part to medicines like Narcan. But the Trump administration wants to cut funding for Narcan, and experts worry that progress will be lost.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOpioid overdose deaths dropped nearly a quarter last year, thanks in part to medicines like Narcan. But the Trump administration wants to cut funding for Narcan, and experts worry that progress will be lost.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Stephen Gregory
Managing Editor, Press Play
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
Soma Snakeoil
co-founder and executive director of the Sidewalk Project
Ricky Bluthenthal
distinguished professor of population and public health sciences at the University of Southern California