Battling Opioids's Podcast

Battling Opioids's Podcast

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Battling Opioids's Podcast episodes

  • Battling Opioids Podcast Episode 1

    Battling Opioids Podcast Episode 1

    Pennsylvania has one of the highest opioid overdose death rates in the nation. Every day, thousands of Pennsylvanians—mothers and fathers, children, neighbors—struggle to overcome addiction. Rural and urban, rich and poor, the opioid crisis affects all of us.

    Neither people nor communities can fight this battle alone. Public media has unique potential to connect Pennsylvanians across boundaries, and, in an unprecedented collaboration, we are doing just that. Our local reporting and programming have covered the opioid crisis for years—but now we are uniting to show you how Pennsylvanians statewide are confronting the epidemic of heroin and prescription opioid abuse. We are increasing awareness and empathy to reduce the stigma around opioid use, aid prevention, and help people find treatment.

    Pennsylvania Public Media stations WHYY (Philadelphia), WITF (Harrisburg), WLVT/PBS39 (Greater Lehigh Valley), WPSU (State College), WQED (Pittsburgh), WQLN (Northwestern Pennsylvania), and WVIA (Northeastern Pennsylvania) are collaborating to produce educational programming that focuses on the opioid crisis and its impact. Watch videos produced by each station and keep up with our reporting.

    31 min
  • Battling Opioids Podcast: NEWS Housing May 25 2019

    The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs is planning to apply for another year of funding to help people living with opioid addiction. The first year's funds -- from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- has totaled almost $56 million dollars. 

     Drug and Alcohol Secretary Jennifer Smith says housing and medication assisted treatment have topped the list for spending.  Smith says people need help with the basics: Employment, transportation and housing. 

    1 min
  • Battling Opioids Podcast: Opioids and Foster Care WQED
    As the opioid crisis worsens, more parents are being jailed, overdosing or dying. That’s putting more children into the foster system -- and there aren't enough foster parents to go around. "The trauma to children is profound," says Kimberly Rogers, of Washington County Children and Youth Services.   In Western PA, Cetina and Troy Hendal have taken in seven foster children whose birth parents are struggling with substance use disorder--and just recently adopted two of them.   "If we can change a few lives and stop the cycle, then we've done something," says Troy.   Cetina agrees. "Despite all the noise and the chaos, we're a family."   Pennsylvania's Public Media stations are coming together to share resources, convene community conversations, and produce educational programming that focuses on the opioid crisis and its impact.    Learn more at www.BattlingOpioids.org.   For help with opioid use disorder, visit www.pa.gov/opioids or call 1-800-662-HELP.
    4 min

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Pennsylvania has one of the highest opioid overdose death rates in the nation. Every day, thousands of Pennsylvanians mothers and fathers, children, neighbors struggle to overcome addiction. Rural and urban, rich and poor, the opioid crisis affects all of us.