The Stigma of Opioid Use

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Preet Bharara: We're in a situation where people are just using them anyway without as easy access to Narcan. He says that unlike the COVID pandemic, this crisis is really hitting young people and there's also no end in sight. "I think the jury hearing the evidence that at least if Bragg can prove what he's laid out in the statement of fact," said Bharara.

The drug that brings people overdosing on opioids back from the brink of death in minutes just got approved for over-the-counter use. The Wall Street Journal’s Julie Wernau explains why she carries it with her everywhere she goes.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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