Xylazine Episodes
478
March 25, 2025
870: Opioid Overdose Declines, Tobacco Roundup
Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and an ASTHO Member, tells us how Illinois worked to successfully reduce opioid overdoses; and Beth Giambrone, ASTHO senior analyst of state health policy, recaps some of the...
177
Dec. 18, 2023
566: Policies to Curb Sexually Transmitted Infections, Xylazine Regulation and Testing
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO immediate past president and chief medical officer for the Alaska Department of Health, says policies can help address the fact that the number of babies born with syphilis is ten times higher than in 2012; JoAnne McClure, ASTHO...
173
Dec. 12, 2023
562: Harm Reduction Gets Legislative Attention, Tainted Applesauce Investigation Expands
Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO president and commissioner of public health for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, discusses substance misuse and overdose prevention strategies; Dr. Susan Kansagra, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services assistant...
Guests: Steven Stack, MD , Susan Kansagra, MD, MBA
111
Sept. 11, 2023
500: Xylazine Plan, Diverse Executives Address Equity
Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of National Drug Control Policy at the White House, outlines the federal government’s response to the threat of Xylazine; the 2024 Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health (DELPH) Program is accepting applications for...
Guest: Rahul Gupta MD MPH