Monday, December 04, 2017

AMERICA ADDICTED - Dr. Jim Baker's Story

"For this doctor, a son’s recent death by overdose inspires his mission to rescue others" PBS NewsHour 11/29/2017

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SUMMARY:  Dr. Jim Baker dreaded getting that call for years, his son had fatally overdosed from opioids.  He had watched Max go through the downward spiral of addiction, then recover and get sober, but a hospitalization for a car crash made him relapse.  Now Baker does everything he can to educate others about the risks and devastation of opioid use.  Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.

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