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Denver Hospital Takes New Approach To Opioid Addiction Help: 'Treatment On Demand'04:29
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April 24, 2019

John Daley, Colorado Public Radio

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More than 100 people in Denver died of an opioid overdose last year. Now, people struggling with addiction who go to the emergency room are getting help in a new way to try to keep them alive and get them on the fast track to treatment. John Daley (@CODaleyNews) from Colorado Public Radio explains.

This segment aired on April 24, 2019.

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