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Hollywood could help slow the opioid crisis by telling the truth | Opinion

With the Oscars on the way Sunday, a Penn public health researcher describes the ways in which movies and TV get it wrong -- and right -- when it comes to depicting the opioid crisis.

In this scene from "Pulp Fiction," Uma Thurman's character is revived from a heroin overdose with a shot of adrenaline to her heart. In real life, opioid overdoses can be reversed more effectively and less dramatically with a nasal spray, naloxone.
In this scene from "Pulp Fiction," Uma Thurman's character is revived from a heroin overdose with a shot of adrenaline to her heart. In real life, opioid overdoses can be reversed more effectively and less dramatically with a nasal spray, naloxone.Read moreYouTube (custom credit)
    by Rachel Feuerstein-Simon
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