Description

In this episode of Let's Talk About Drugs in the Intermountain West, we talk about some of the addiction-related news that our hosts have come across this summer.

Please find a complete list of the articles that we used for this episode below:

• 8 things to know about the drug known as 'gas station heroin
• The Five Big Drug Trends Defining Summer 2024
• How big is Europe’s cocaine problem – and what is the human cost?
• Is the Quality of Cocaine Worse in the United States Than in Europe? 
• Nitazenes Have Entered the Drug Scene. Now What?
• Her son died of an overdose in his dorm room. Where was the Narcan?
• What You Can Do to Test for Fentanyl

For more information on the upcoming events and resources we mentioned in this episode, please see below:

• Salt Lake City Recovery Day
• Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness (USARA)
• Utah Naloxone
• National Harm Reduction Coalition
• Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project
• Utah Harm Reduction Coalition

This podcast comes from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Program of Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and
Advocacy (PARCKA)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. The mission of PARCKA is to promote and provide addiction related research, clinical care, knowledge and advocacy across the University of Utah, the local community, the State of Utah, and the nation.

The opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the official views of University of Utah Health or its leadership.