Facing Up To Drug Abuse and Addiction with Dr. Mark Gold

<p>According to the CDC, a record 100,000 people in the US died from overdoses in 12 months of the pandemic. Opioids played a big part in those deaths, as did despair.</p> <p>These deaths have lowered American life expectancy and are indicative of serious social issues in the country.</p> <p>In this episode, I speak with Dr. Mark Gold, a world renowned expert on drugs of abuse, about the changing trends in drug abuse and drug-related deaths over time.</p> <p>We also get into what’s driving increases in drug addiction and deaths of despair, how to avoid falling into addiction’s enslavement and how to help loved ones who have.</p> <p>If you have any interest in the opioid crisis and the epidemic of deaths of despair then this episode is a must.</p> <p>(Episode recorded on 15th November 2021.)</p>