
Special Episode (with Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta)
Pod Save the People
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Prevent Overdose Deaths - What Is Project Lazarus?
Project lazarus is a non prophet that we started in the appalachan foothills of western north carolina. It is this comprehensive, community based program that works to help people who abtain conditions and help people who have adiction get treatment and prevent overdose deaths. We were the first programme in the south to hand out the antidote neloxone for preventing overdose deaths. And when we first started, we had the third highest overdose death rate in the country. Butis really fascinating because this was the county, wilkes county, that was the birthplace of nascar.
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