Maggie Gorini

Women & the Opioid Epidemic: What Works and What Doesn’t 

By Maggie Gorini | Dec 23, 2019 | Comments Off on Women & the Opioid Epidemic: What Works and What Doesn’t 

The opioid crisis is big news these days, and with good reason. In 2017 alone, there were 70,237 drug overdose deaths, two-thirds of which involved opioids.i Accidental drug overdose is the leading cause of death in the U.S. among people under age 50.ii 

Hanging on to Old Opioids? No Judgment—We Are Too.

By Maggie Gorini | Jul 18, 2019 | Comments Off on Hanging on to Old Opioids? No Judgment—We Are Too.

Based on an informal poll of 9 staff members, 4 of us admitted to having an old bottle of unfinished opioids on the shelf at home, gathering maybe its 10th year of dust. But how could that be? Aren’t we all knowledgeable health advocates that follow every single up-to-date health recommendation?