Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Some California ERs treat drug addiction like any other disease
More than 70,000 people died in the U.S. from drug overdoses in 2017. More than two-thirds of them involved opioids. The numbers from 2018 appear to be just as bad. Some California hospitals are trying a new approach to fight opioid addiction.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readMore than 70,000 people died in the U.S. from drug overdoses in 2017. More than two-thirds of them involved opioids. The numbers from 2018 appear to be just as bad. Some California hospitals are trying a new approach to fight opioid addiction. They’re treating an addict in the emergency room the same way they’d treat a patient with heart disease: stabilizing drugs and ongoing outpatient treatment.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
German Lopez
senior correspondent for Vox focused on criminal justice, guns and drugs
Michael Curci
El Dorado Community Health Center patient
The full episode
1 of 5Raining money in Sacramento: Gov. Newsom unveils his first budget- 0:00Some California ERs treat drug addiction like any other diseaseYou’re reading this
- 15:33Gov. Newsom’s first budget: Billions of more dollars for social programs
- 23:27Republican State Senator Jim Nielsen: Newsom’s budget is encouraging, Trump’s FEMA tweet is not helpful
- 29:26CES: Cuddle robots, self-driving suitcases, and other gadgets
- 39:21The mysterious sound that allegedly sickened diplomats in Cuba? It was crickets