KCTV: Opioid Overdose Deaths Hit All-Time High in US, Including KC

June 15, 2022

Opioid overdose deaths have hit an all-time high in the U.S. and that includes the Kansas City metro.

States like Missouri have recently launched a dashboard to track the opioid crisis. Year over year, it’s becoming a bigger problem.

KCTV talked to Dr. Jeffrey Foster, an interventional pain physician at Saint Luke's Hospital Pain Management Clinic, about alternative methods to manage pain.

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