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Opioids and the body: The science of an overdose

by Cassie Ronda, Cronkite News
January 10, 2017

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<p class="byline">by Cassie Ronda, Cronkite News <br />January 10, 2017</p>
<p>Alexander Sandweiss from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Arizona explains what happens to the body when someone uses opioids.</p>
<p>This video is part of "Hooked Rx: From Prescription to Addiction," a Cronkite News investigation of prescription opioid abuse in Arizona. Watch the documentary and view our multimedia package at <a href="https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/hookedrx/" target="_blank">hookedrx.com</a>.</p>
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Opioids and the body: The science of an overdose

Cassie Ronda, Cronkite News
January 10, 2017

Alexander Sandweiss from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Arizona explains what happens to the body when someone uses opioids.

This video is part of "Hooked Rx: From Prescription to Addiction," a Cronkite News investigation of prescription opioid abuse in Arizona. Watch the documentary and view our multimedia package at hookedrx.com.

This article first appeared on Cronkite News and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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