Finding Fixes Season Two
Series produced by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Finding Fixes is the first podcast dedicated to solutions to the opioid epidemic. What are people doing that works? Each episode we dive into one solution.
"Finding Fixes: The Search for Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic” is the first podcast dedicated to solutions to the opioid epidemic.
Each episode we dive into one solution. This is Season Two.
As communities across the country struggle with rampant opioid overdoses, we seek to fill an information gap:
What are people doing that works? How can my community tackle the epidemic?
Join us as we report on solutions.
8 Pieces
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In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 22:21
At a book group meeting, women went around the circle and introduced themselves. They found out that nearly everyone there had a son addicted to he...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 30:42
A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 28:04
In this episode, we hear personal stories from three women that show just how tightly woven together trauma, pain and addiction are. Also, we hear ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 32:36
Some people with chronic pain now rely on medical marijuana in place of opioid painkillers. But, in the absence of formal medical guidance, many pa...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 24:49
On this episode we zoom out and get a more complete picture of chronic pain, so we can understand where opioids fit in.
We find out about one solu...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 29:56
Washington State law around opioid prescribing has recently changed. Reporter Eilís O’Neill follows a couple, Megan and Ben, through the birth of t...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 19:04
The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 29:58