The fentanyl crisis continues across Chicagoland
“We used to think people need to hit rock bottom,” said Tanya Sorrell, “But rock bottom for opioid use disorder is an overdose and death.”
Fentanyl is taking more lives every year in the United States as more of the drug enters the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can’t track the number of overdose deaths in real time, but according to 2021 data, fentanyl was the primary cause of tracked drug overdoses last year.
Reset digs deeper into a conversation around fentanyl. What makes it so deadly and how are we tackling this issue in the city?
GUESTS: Tanya Sorrell, director of the Rush Substance Use Disorder Center of Excellence and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Rush
Taylor Wood, lead technician and drug checking program manager for the Chicago Recovery Alliance
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The fentanyl crisis continues across Chicagoland
“We used to think people need to hit rock bottom,” said Tanya Sorrell, “But rock bottom for opioid use disorder is an overdose and death.”
Fentanyl is taking more lives every year in the United States as more of the drug enters the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can’t track the number of overdose deaths in real time, but according to 2021 data, fentanyl was the primary cause of tracked drug overdoses last year.
Reset digs deeper into a conversation around fentanyl. What makes it so deadly and how are we tackling this issue in the city?
GUESTS: Tanya Sorrell, director of the Rush Substance Use Disorder Center of Excellence and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Rush
Taylor Wood, lead technician and drug checking program manager for the Chicago Recovery Alliance