Dr. Gary Meek: A preventative approach to opioid addiction




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Summary: "The leading cause of death for people under 50 is opioid [overdoses]. Our goal is to try and get as many people doing non-drug, non-invasive type of treatments so we can decrease those numbers," Dr. Gary Meek. "One of every 4 individuals that are prescribed an opioid end up struggling with addiction in the future," he said. "You gotta be doing everything you can to try to stop people who have never been on an opioid from getting on an opioid."