Npt Sunday Focus's Podcast

When people think of drug abuse, what comes to mind are meth addicts or marijuana users. But the United States is seeing a crisis involving a much more accessible drug — opioids. According to 2016 data on the CDC website, 42,000 people died that year from opioid overdose. And 40 percent of overdose cases involve prescription opioids. How did such a deadly trend begin? Join NPT Staff Reporter Aly Rinehart and Heather Jensen, a registered nurse and opioid abuse prevention coordinator for Community Connections, as they discuss the impact this growing issue is having on a national, state and local level.