Women L.I.T

Ep 21. #OpioidAwareness with Kesshia Brown


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The number of drug overdoes deaths increased by nearly 5% from 2018 to 2019 and has quadrupled since 1999.  Over 70% of the 70,630 deaths in 2019 involved an opioid. From 2018 to 2019, there were significant changes in opioid- involved death rates:

  1. opioid-involved death rates increase by over 6%
  2. prescription opioid-involved death rates decreased by nearly 7%
  3.  heroin-involved death rates decreased by over 6%
  4. synthetic opioid-involved death rates (excluding methadone) increased by over 15%.

  5. The ladies of Women L.I.T sit with Kesshia Brown, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner for awareness and better understanding of the opioid epidemic. 


    Kesshia has over a decade of experience and specializes in substance abuse treatment and recently opened her private practice, Brighter Dawn Counseling Services, LLC.

    Brighter Dawn Counseling Services, LLC: https://kesshiabrown.wixsite.com/website

    Contact email: [email protected]



    Women L.I.T hosts: Renee Ridley & Tish Williams


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    Credits: Producer: Kadetra Cooper, Women of 4D

    Audio Editor: Daryl Crosby of Encore Music & Entertainment LLC (http://encoremusicva.com/)


    *Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

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