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Overdose: Inside the Epidemic, a Second Opinion special
Overdose: Inside the Epidemic, a Second Opinion special
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:00pm - 10:00pm
Mary and Joe Mullin courageously share their son's story of opioid and heroin addiction.
According to state and local health departments, the number of deaths related to opioid and heroin use is on the rise in Monroe County. To shed light on what law enforcement and health care providers are calling an “epidemic”, Second Opinion presents an encore of Overdose: Inside the Epidemic, airing Monday, April 9 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV. The hour-long special features Mary and Joe Mullin of Irondequoit, New York, whose son struggled with drug abuse, opioid use, and heroin addiction. Patrick Mullin eventually died from a heroin overdose. Just eight weeks after Patrick’s death, Mary and Joe courageously share their story – telling their vivid personal experience of Patrick’s decline from alcohol and marijuana use, into opioid and heroin addiction.
The Mullins and Second Opinion host Dr. Peter Salgo are joined by experts Louis E. Baxter, Sr., MD, President and CEO of the Professional Assistance Program of New Jersey, Inc. and Lisa Y. Harris, MD, Chief Physician Informaticist at Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, and former Senior VP and Chief Clinical Officer at Lourdes. The show also feature’s Patrick Seche, MS, addiction specialist from the University of Rochester Medical Center. In front of a live studio audience, they discuss this drug epidemic, offer advice on how to recognize the signs and symptoms of drug abuse, and share cutting-edge information on prevention and effective treatment.
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