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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode, hosts Dr. Jess Steier and Dr. Sarah Scheinman engage with Suhanee Mitragotri, a Harvard undergraduate and co-founder of the Naloxone Education Initiative, to discuss the opioid crisis in the United States. They explore the scale of the crisis, the importance of naloxone in reversing overdoses, and the gaps in education regarding opioids and harm reduction. The conversation emphasizes the need for increased awareness and education, particularly among youth, to combat the ongoing epidemic. Email Suhanee: suhaneemitragotri@college.harvard.edu https://steppingstrong.bwh.harvard.edu/naloxone-administration-program/ https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-fda-failures-contributed-opioid-crisis/2020-08 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8154745/ https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/maps/connect2health/focus-on-opioids.html https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/understanding-the-opioid-overdose-epidemic.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interested in advertising with us? Please reach out to advertising@airwavemedia.com, with “Unbiased Science” in the subject line. PLEASE NOTE: The discussion and information provided in this podcast are for general educational, scientific, and informational purposes only and are not intended as, and should not be treated as, medical or other professional advice for any particular individual or individuals. Every person and medical issue is different, and diagnosis and treatment requires consideration of specific facts often unique to the individual. As such, the information contained in this podcast should not be used as a substitute for consultation with and/or treatment by a doctor or other medical professional. If you are experiencing any medical issue or have any medical concern, you should consult with a doctor or other medical professional. Further, due to the inherent limitations of a podcast such as this as well as ongoing scientific developments, we do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information or analysis provided in this podcast, although, of course we always endeavor to provide comprehensive information and analysis. In no event may Unbiased Science or any of the participants in this podcast be held liable to the listener or anyone else for any decision allegedly made or action allegedly taken or not taken allegedly in reliance on the discussion or information in this podcast or for any damages allegedly resulting from such reliance. The information provided herein do not represent the views of our employers.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:19.7	Welcome to Unbiased Science, where we bring scientific method of the madness.
0:26.3	We're hosts Dr. Jess Steyer and Dr. Sarah Scheinman.
0:30.9	And today we have a guest who honestly is making me feel like the biggest waste of life.
0:41.6	I mean, and to have someone like make Jess and myself feel like underachievers,
0:47.1	like that's a big, that's a big thing because like neither of us are objectively underachieving here.
0:52.5	So I'm going to read her bio, but we're joined by Suhani Mitrogotri, who is a fourth-year
0:59.9	undergrad student at Harvard University.
1:02.8	And Sahani actually reached out to us to tell us about the incredible work that she's doing.
1:09.2	We love that kind of initiative here at Unbiased. We love it when
1:12.7	people reach out to us that are amazing. You know what that's called Sarah? That's called
1:17.4	Kutzpah. It is called Kutzpah. Sahani has it in spade. So Sahani, thank you so much for joining us.
1:24.0	Yeah, thank you so much for having me. And so the topic for today, I mean, I don't really, like we're talking about a bunch of different things, but opioids and the opioid crisis, that that's really the main subject matter and some of our, you know, responses to the crisis.
1:41.0	And Sahani is really on the front lines doing some incredible things. So let me read
1:45.1	this bio. Suhani is an undergraduate student at Harvard University studying neuroscience with a
1:53.5	secondary in global health and health policy. Sarah, it's like, I mean, Sahani, you cross
1:59.5	both Sarah's expertise and my expertise.
2:02.9	You're like, we were both like, we need to have this person on immediately.
2:06.9	Yeah, yeah.
2:07.9	She is also the co-founder of the Naloxone Education Initiative, a program that aims to expand opioid and naloxone education to youth. She is written extensively
2:20.9	in science and health magazines on topics related to the opioid crisis, harm reduction,
2:27.2	and drug policy. And I was joking to Sahani, but really it's not a joke that when I was a fourth
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