Finding a New Approach to the Opioid Crisis – NewHampshire.com

Read article - A feature story about the 11th annual C. Everett Koop Addiction Medicine Symposium, which focused on the theme "Harm Reduction in an Opioid Era." The article highlights conference speakers Louisa Chen, Geisel '20, and Nasim Azizgolshani, Geisel '20, who started a safe syringe program in Claremont, N.H., last year. Chen and Azizgolshani said that such programs can prevent the spread of diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C, and connect drug users with critical services, including treatment. The article also quotes Charles Brackett, assistant professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how New Hampshire has the nation's second-highest rate of fatal overdoses. (Similar coverage in the Valley News and the New Hampshire Union Leader.)