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Lecture by Professor Josiah "Jody" Rich, Brown University, at the Molecular Frontiers Symposium "Frontiers of New Knowledge in Science" in Hong Kong, Nov 15-17, 2024.
ABSTRACT
The United States is currently in the midst of an overdose crisis that is driven by opioids and is the deadliest outbreak in over 100 years, with more than a million Americans dead and over 100,000 deaths a year for the past 3 years. How did this happen? What is the disease? What can be done about it and what is the relevance for the rest of the world? The answers to these questions are quite complex, as is the problem. This presentation will attempt to review critical aspects of the answers to these questions, from historical, clinical, social, political and scientific perspectives.
Lecture by Professor Josiah "Jody" Rich, Brown University, at the Molecular Frontiers Symposium "Frontiers of New Knowledge in Science" in Hong Kong, Nov 15-17, 2024.
ABSTRACT
The United States is currently in the midst of an overdose crisis that is driven by opioids and is the deadliest outbreak in over 100 years, with more than a million Americans dead and over 100,000 deaths a year for the past 3 years. How did this happen? What is the disease? What can be done about it and what is the relevance for the rest of the world? The answers to these questions are quite complex, as is the problem. This presentation will attempt to review critical aspects of the answers to these questions, from historical, clinical, social, political and scientific perspectives.
