A Cure for Opioid Addiction? | Daniel Powell

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

Politics, Energy, Healthcare, News, World, Society & Culture, Regulations, Finance, America, Freedom

4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Pharmaceutical opioids and the flood of Chinese fentanyl infiltrating our southern border have created a crisis that's killing hundreds of thousands of Americans every year and leaving millions more in the downward spiral of addiction. Until recently, our only way of dealing with the problem has been prison, rehab, methadone, or some combination of the three. Daniel Powell joins us to look at how we got here, the new medical innovations in combating America's worst epidemic, and the regulatory reforms we need to keep moving forward.

Daniel Powell has over 20 years in developing and selling technology-based products. He has served in multiple leadership roles including software engineering, program management, marketing & business development. Over his career, Mr. Powell launched over 18 medical device products including those for Deep Brain Stimulation for movement disorders and Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy. Most recently he co-founded and serves as CEO of Spark Biomedical, developing a novel, wearable neurostimulation solution to address opioid withdrawal and addiction.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	But all men are created.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.2	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	All right, welcome back guys.
0:25.6	Important topic today. Opioid addiction.
0:27.6	A lot of causes of death these days, United States.
0:30.4	It's like a thousand ways to die.
0:32.0	Unfortunately, opioids is one of our worst.
0:35.2	And it's getting worse and worse and worse.
0:38.0	I think in 2017, 47,000 Americans died as a result of opioid overdose.
0:44.0	The most recent numbers from 2020 is 93,000.
0:47.2	I think about two thirds, three quarters of that is fentanyl overdoses.
0:51.2	It's a real problem.
0:54.0	And so where did this start? In the late 1990s, pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community
0:59.2	that patients would not become addicted to prescription opioid pain relievers.
1:02.8	This is things like oxy cotton.
1:04.4	Healthcare providers began to prescribe them at greater rates.
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