Prescribing an end to Oregon’s opioid epidemic

By Tracy Brawley February 24, 2017 Portland, Ore.

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Hundreds of folks packed into the Lucky Lab Beer Hall in Portland, February 16, 2017, to participate in a discussion about the opioid crisis in Oregon and beyond. The event was the second in OHSU-PSU School of Public Health's community discussion series, Public Health Portland Style. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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David Bangsberg, M.D., M.P.H. welcomes the crowd at Lucky Lab Beer Hall in Portland, February 16, 2017, attending a forum to discuss =the opioid crisis in Oregon and beyond. The event was the second in OHSU-PSU School of Public Health's community discussion series, Public Health Portland Style. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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"Every single opioid overdose death is preventable. We must make it stop. And that's why we are here tonight," says Dwight Holton, chief executive officer at Lines for Life, speaking about the opioid crisis in Oregon and beyond, February 16, 2017 at the Lucky Lab Beer Hall in Portland. The event was the second in OHSU-PSU School of Public Health's community discussion series, Public Health Portland Style. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Knute Buehler, M.D. and Oregon State Representative speaks about the opioid crisis in Oregon and beyond, February 16, 2017 at the Lucky Lab Beer Hall in Portland. The event was the second in OHSU-PSU School of Public Health's community discussion series, Public Health Portland Style. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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"I knew that you could get addicted and I thought I'm not going to let that happen to me," says Anandam Hilde, M.D., a fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at OHSU School of Medicine. Hilde shared a moving personal story about her addiction to opioids and subsequent recovery, with a crowd at the Lucky Lab Beer Hall in Portland, February 17, 2017. The event was the second in OHSU-PSU School of Public Health's community discussion series, Public Health Portland Style. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Public Health Portland Style-Oregon on Opioids