West Virginia is the leading state seeing the worst effects from the opioid epidemic. In this TEDx talk, Dr. Judith Feinberg presents her solutions in improving some of the health risks caused by the opioid crisis. In 2005, Dr. Feinberg was the first physician in metropolitan Cincinnati to recognize that opioid injection drug use (heroin, prescription painkillers) had emerged as a health threat, based on increased admissions for a serious heart infection (“endocarditisâ€). In 2014, she established Ohio's 1st syringe services program, the Cincinnati Exchange Project (CEP). Conceived as a broad public health initiative, CEP exchanges sterile syringes for used ones, and many other services: clean injection materials to prevent hepatitis C; overdose prevention education and naloxone to reverse overdoses; on-site rapid testing for HIV and hepatitis C; enrolling clients for Affordable Care Act (“Obamacareâ€) insurance; referral and linkage to drug treatment programs, medical and mental health care, and social services as desired. Currently Professor of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry and Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, she is working hard to turn the tide on opioid-related epidemics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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