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48:35 This month we are debunking the myth "once a junkie, always a junkie." This episode is a discussion between our host, Tim Light, and featured guests Maia Szalavitz, journalist and best-selling author of "Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction," Mindy Vincent, Utah Harm Reduction Executive Director, and Savannah Eley, Opioid Prevention Specialist for Southeastern Utah Health Department. UPR Partners
5:46 It’s unlikely there is anything in our lives this year that hasn’t been impacted by COVID-19, and that includes harm reduction practices related to opioid use in Utah. As part of the DEBUNKED podcast project, UPR’s Matilyn Mortensen looks at how harm reduction efforts in Utah have been affected by the coronavirus. “Essential services” is one of the 2020 buzzwords that it is very unlikely any of us were thinking about before the global pandemic. But in March, as COVID cases began to spread throughout the U.S. and as business and organizations began to shut down, defining what ...
Credit Mauricio Mascaro, Pexels Episode 12 of DEBUNKED raises awareness of other substances that can cause use disorder and overdose, and Debunks the myth that “only people who use opioids are at risk of overdose." DEBUNKED host, Tim Light, welcomes Mindy Vincent, Executive Director of Utah Harm Reduction Coalition, Patrick Rezak, founder of One Voice Recovery and Dr. Brian Rogers, HIV Prevention Specialist from One Voice Recovery. Together, they DEBUNK the idea that heroin and prescription opioids are the only worries when talking about overdose, and that there are a number of other subst...