Heroin Crisis /tags/heroin-crisis Heroin Crisis en-US Copyright © 2024 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:51:38 GMT At the center of opioid epidemic, the need for better multidisciplinary treatment for chronic pain /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-03-30/at-the-center-of-opioid-epidemic-the-need-for-better-multidisciplinary-treatment-for-chronic-pain Raymond Tait, Ph.D., is the vice president for research at Saint Louis University and recently served on a federal committee that was one of five groups… Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:51:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-03-30/at-the-center-of-opioid-epidemic-the-need-for-better-multidisciplinary-treatment-for-chronic-pain Kelly Moffitt With state unlikely to act, St. Louis County establishes prescription drug monitoring program /health-science-environment/2016-03-01/with-state-unlikely-to-act-st-louis-county-establishes-prescription-drug-monitoring-program With a statewide prescription drug monitoring program likely to run into intractable legislative opposition, the St. Louis County Council decided not to… Wed, 02 Mar 2016 01:51:25 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-03-01/with-state-unlikely-to-act-st-louis-county-establishes-prescription-drug-monitoring-program Jason Rosenbaum 2015 in Review: Public health problems that plague the region and social services combatting them /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-12-30/2015-in-review-public-health-problems-that-plague-the-region-and-social-services-combatting-them Reporters Durrie Bouscaren and Camille Phillips have covered a wide variety of issues in the region in the last year. They joined host Don Marsh to… Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:55:27 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-12-30/2015-in-review-public-health-problems-that-plague-the-region-and-social-services-combatting-them Mary Edwards Who is a criminal and who is not in the war on prescription drug abuse? 'Easy' tackles the subject /government-politics-issues/2015-11-06/who-is-a-criminal-and-who-is-not-in-the-war-on-prescription-drug-abuse-easy-tackles-the-subject Two filmmakers who were born and raised in University City have returned for the St. Louis International Film Festival to screen their short film “Easy,”… Fri, 06 Nov 2015 23:37:15 GMT /government-politics-issues/2015-11-06/who-is-a-criminal-and-who-is-not-in-the-war-on-prescription-drug-abuse-easy-tackles-the-subject Kelly Moffitt The St. Louis heroin epidemic: How did we get here and how do we stop it now that it’s here? /health-science-environment/2015-09-27/the-st-louis-heroin-epidemic-how-did-we-get-here-and-how-do-we-stop-it-now-that-its-here (Part 1 of 3) - On an April morning in 2014, Kelley McDonald woke up in her suburban St. Charles home and went downstairs to remind her son Sean to take… Mon, 28 Sep 2015 03:48:13 GMT /health-science-environment/2015-09-27/the-st-louis-heroin-epidemic-how-did-we-get-here-and-how-do-we-stop-it-now-that-its-here St. Louis County sees drop in heroin overdoses, continues to raise awareness /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-07-21/st-louis-county-sees-drop-in-heroin-overdoses-continues-to-raise-awareness In St. Louis County, 36 people have died from a heroin overdose this year. Although the number is a 23 percent decrease from the 47 fatalities reported… Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:35:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-07-21/st-louis-county-sees-drop-in-heroin-overdoses-continues-to-raise-awareness