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PERSPECTIVES

Rose Caplan / December 17, 2018

Rick Werner – Co-founder James Werner Legacy Project

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Rick Werner on what he hopes for his late son’s legacy~

“He never admitted that he had an addiction, but he was well aware that he had a mental health issue. And he would say, “I want to be an advocate for my disease.” And so we’re trying to do that in his honor, in his absence, but as his legacy to help people who both have mental health issues and addiction issues, and try to improve folks’ lives and maybe even save some lives.”

Brian Wilson: At just 27 years old Rick Werner’s son Jamie found himself at the intersection of bipolar disorder and drug addiction. Now, Rick tells Jamie’s story and speaks of the legacy he hopes will [Read more…] about Rick Werner – Co-founder James Werner Legacy Project

Rose Caplan / December 10, 2018

Ed Rudnic, PhD – Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur

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Ed Rudnic discusses how DisposeRx is designed to work~

If you can form chemical bonds, that forms a chemical mesh, you get a tighter gel, a tighter mesh, that surrounds the drug and makes it impossible in this case, for the drug to leave. In this particular case, the way we developed this, if this is added to water and it crosslinks, as the water evaporates from the system over time, that net shrinks tighter and tighter around the drug and will not allow it to leave.

Brian Wilson: From a humble modest kitchen in Potomac, Maryland Dr. Ed Rudnic and four friends developed the chemical compounds that would one day be called DisposeRx. Dr. Rudnic joins us for a [Read more…] about Ed Rudnic, PhD – Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur

Rose Caplan / December 3, 2018

Robert Bianchi – President, Prescription Drug Research Center (PDRC)

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Robert Bianchi, President and Chief of Scientific and Technical Affairs at the Prescription Drug Research Center, on waking up to the value of pain medications to people in severe pain and people that are at the end of life that need to have some kind of relief~

“We have to make the drugs available to them while we prevent the abuse or misuse in a social setting where it is not necessary. So we are recognizing that, to use a term, we can’t arrest our way out of this dilemma. Arresting users on the street really doesn’t help solve the problem. And we’re finally recognizing that this is a disease that needs to be treated, just like other diseases.”

Robert Bianchi: You can’t leave it up to the government to solve this problem.
Brian Wilson: The Drug Enforcement Agency is the federal law enforcement entity tasked with [Read more…] about Robert Bianchi – President, Prescription Drug Research Center (PDRC)