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Opiates & the Bayou State (2016-04-27)
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This episode of the series "Louisiana Public Square" from April 27, 2016, features Bob Courtney leading a discussion between the audience members and panelists on the growing opiate addiction epidemic in Louisiana. A background report on opiate addiction, which includes prescription painkillers and heroin, precedes the discussion. The audience members, including counselors, recovered drug addicts, and the family members of drug addicts, discuss how the community can tackle the problem of opiate addiction, their personal experiences with drug addiction, and the available treatment options. A panel of experts then joins the audience to answer their questions. The panelists are: Dr. Rochelle Head-Dunham, the medical director of the Metropolitan Human Services District in New Orleans; Victor White, Sr., a counselor with the Cenla Community Awareness Program in Pineville; Logan Kinamore, the founder of No Overdose Baton Rouge; and Keith Stutes, the district attorney for the 15th Judicial District in Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion Parishes. They discuss: whether opiate addiction is a crisis in Louisiana; the harm reduction and medication-assisted therapy treatment models; a drug user's…
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Opioids, Heroin, Louisiana, Drug Addiction, Prescription Painkillers, Public Health, Substance Abuse, Drug Epidemic, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, East Baton Rouge Parish, Overdose Deaths, Narcotics, Medical Treatment, Recovery, Prescription Drug Monitoring, Doctor Shopping, Public Safety, Socioeconomics, Healthcare, Drug Trafficking, Neurobiology of Addiction, Louisiana Public Square
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