On this edition of Century: Treatment Initiation in the Emergency
Department. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Professor
Kathryn Hawk, MD, MHS. Dr. Hawk is an attending physician in the Yale
New Haven Hospital Emergency Department and an Associate Professor in
the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Public
Health and the Program in Addiction Medicine. Dr. Hawk spoke at the
88th annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence,
which was held June 13 through 17 in Portland, Oregon. Plus, an
interview with Dr. Fred Oerther, a retired physician turned organic
farmer and political activist. Dr. Oerther was one of the chief
petitioners for the Oregon Marijuana Initiative campaigns in the
1980s. The interview took place at Fred\'s end of life celebration, which was
held at his home in mid-June.