PainKILLER Podcast

This episode will cover the evolution of this opioid epidemic in America. Mr. Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic will be discussing the heroin trade in America, it’s connection to prescription opioids, the medical community’s move towards pain management, pharmaceutical marketing, and general attitudes around poverty and social isola

This episode will cover how addiction is processed in the human body. Dr. Karen Drexler, the National Mental Health Director of Addictive Disorders for the Veterans Affairs, will help us delve into questions addressing effective treatment options for opioid use disorder, as well share her personal experiences with her patients as a practicing psychiatrist for the past 30 years. Dr.

In 2014, Ms. Cheryl Bartlett was Public Health Commissioner for the state of Massachusetts. Join us in this episode to hear about her journey with Massachusetts being the first state in this country to publicly declare a state of emergency for the opioid crisis. She will discuss her revelation that opioid addiction was a public health concern, the steps that were taken to gain nati

Mr. David Schiller, spent 30 years working for the DEA. He oversaw the DEA’s Diversion Control Program and in 2014, him and his team of nine field divisions working with 12 U.S. attorney’s offices across 11 states wanted to revoke registrations for controlled substances for McKesson’s 30 drug warehouses. Along with wanting to fine the company more than $1 billion dollars, the