It's New Orleans: Out To Lunch

For most of human civilization we have lived with pain. Some of it is healthy in as much as it teaches us a lesson and keeps us away from danger in future but a lot of pain is debilitating. That s the reason some of the most popular medications we use are pain medications. From the ubiquitous Tylenol and Advil which you can buy at the convenience store, to the more sophisticated, prescription only pills, which we have come to know as "opioids." The reason we know the word "opioid" is that we hear it on the news, increasingly from politicians. They talk about "the opioid epidemic" that is reportedly sweeping some parts of the country. Here in New Orleans, most of us rate crime and murder as our number one problem. So it might surprise you to know that in 2016, for the first time in the history of the city, there were more accidental drug related deaths in New Orleans than murders. In other words, the opioid epidemic is here in New Orleans too. Peter s guests on Out to Lunch today are on the front line of treat