American Pandemic

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This podcast, hosted by Aaron M. Laxton, LMSW discusses the opioid pandemic that is gripping the United States. What is the history of this public health crisis? How is science working to address and overcome the crisis?

Assisted Recovery Centers of America (ARCA)


    • Jan 28, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 3 EPISODES


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    EP 3: Weekly News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 26:22


    In this episode, Aaron Laxton reviews several stories from around the United States and British Columbia. Aaron reviews stories from Ohio, Illinois, Alabama, Arizona and Vancouver, BC.

    EP 2: PrEP for HIV, but have you heard of PrEP for Opioid Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 44:25


    In this episode, we discuss the comparison's with the HIV movement and current medications such as Truvada that is used as Pre-exposure Prophylaxis. Percy Menzies proposes the use of oral naltrexone be used as PrEP to protect people against opioid relapse. We also discuss Ryan White and the user's unions that are really pushing to shift power back to people who use drugs in order to live healthier lives.

    EP 1: Interview with Percy Menzies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 40:03


    As our country settles into the realization that we have an opioid crisis, leaders and communities struggle to keep people alive. In this episode, I discuss the current public health crisis that the United States is facing. I talk with the President and Founder of Assisted Recovery Centers of America (ARCA), Percy Menzies, to learn more about the history of how we arrived at this moment in the epidemic. We also discuss what is currently being done and what needs to be done moving forward.

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