Listen to hosts Samantha Spiers and Wildcard Cameron discuss two recent stories about the opioid crisis in the U.S.: a county in Indiana ending their needle-exchange program and the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement. Discussion includes background on the stories and their implications on the larger opioid crisis.

Post production by Scott Stronach.   

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Sources: 

https://apnews.com/article/biden-announces-international-covid-vaccine-sharing-plan-cc4630f1d45b379c573c55a2042026e0 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/06/02/indiana-needle-exchange-quelled-massive-hiv-outbreak-voted-down/7520167002/?mkt_tok=ODUwLVRBQS01MTEAAAF9cNxDJ1KSSChlAad5H4MXqQBvB1SvyqCUs5dGegRNFNvKwcS_-LHGI8aYxnpQKgQey8cGv73Za0p7HBQcLMWmSYfAcSas5rQkajN4Jfh2dL6c 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/indiana/articles/2021-06-03/indiana-county-hit-by-hiv-outbreak-scrapping-needle-exchange 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/01/1001278712/indiana-needle-exchange-that-helped-contain-an-hiv-outbreak-may-be-forced-to-clo 

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60b8cfc8e4b02df1ad88415e 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-plan-that-would-give-sackler-family-immunity-moves-forward/ar-AAKGJSm 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddawkins/2021/06/03/sackler-family-members-come-out-fighting-with-new-website/?sh=7a708ef6112e 

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/556490-sackler-family-accuses-lawyers-of-opioid-crisis 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/01/sacklers-opioid-crisis-website 

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