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UnavailableOpioid addiction: can the UK curb the looming crisis? – Science Weekly podcast
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Opioid addiction: can the UK curb the looming crisis? – Science Weekly podcast

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Opioid addiction: can the UK curb the looming crisis? – Science Weekly podcast

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The US has been in the grip of an ‘opioid epidemic’ since the 1990s, and now a rise in opioid prescriptions and deaths is being seen across the pond. Ian Sample investigates and asks: what can we do the curb the looming crisis?
Released:
Sep 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Science Weekly podcast will now explore some of the crucial scientific questions about Covid-19. Led by its usual hosts  Ian Sample,  Hannah Devlin and  Nicola Davis, as well as the Guardian's health editor Sarah Boseley, we’ll be taking questions – some sent by you – to experts on the frontline of the global outbreak. Send us your questions here:  theguardian.com/covid19questions