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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, KYLIE.
>>
GERRY, BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, KYLIE, THANK YOU.

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>> THE FINANCIAL TOLL SUBSTANCE
ABUSE TAKES ON HOOSIER FAMILIES
IS IMMEASURABLE. IT ALSO HAS A
HUGE IMPACT ON INDIANA'S

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ECONOMY:
>> OUR STATE AND OUR WAY OF LIFE
ARE AT RISK. BESET ON ALL SIDES
BY AN INVISIBLE BUT DEADLY

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FORCE. ADDICTION.
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FOUR YEARS AGO, INDIANA
UNIVERSITY UNVEILED ITS GRAND

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CHALLENGES INITIATIVE, A
STRATEGY DESIGNED TO INCREASE
EFFICIENCY, DRIVE INNOVATION AND
APPLY NEW SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE

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THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
HOOSIERS.
IN EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE.
THE INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON

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PRECISION HEALTH, THE
ENVIRONMENT, AND THE ADDICTION
CRISIS.
IU IS PARTNERING WITH NEXT LEVEL

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RECOVERY INDIANA TO TACKLE THE
FULL SCOPE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
ACROSS THE STATE. WHAT ARE THE
GOALS AND WHY IS IT SO CRITICAL

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TO INDIANA'S ECONOMY?
WE GET ANSWERS FROM NEXT LEVEL
RECOVERY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DOUG
HUNTSINGER.

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DOUG, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, GERRY. THANKS FOR
HAVING ME.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT

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SAID AND WRITTEN ABOUT THE
OPIOID CRISIS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
AND SUBSTANCE USE, AND THOSE BIG
ISSUES FOR THE STATE, HOW

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CRITICAL IT IS, A BIG HUMAN TOLL
TO BE SURE, ALSO AN ECONOMIC
TOLL ON THE STATE. AS WE BEGIN
OUR CONVERSATION, GIVE US AN

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IDEA, HOW SUBSTANTIAL DOES THIS
CHALLENGE CONTINUE TO BE?
>> YEAH, WELL, THANKS TO THE
WORK OF SOME I.U. ECONOMISTS, WE

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KNOW THERE IS $4 BILLION
ECONOMIC TOLL THAT THIS CRISIS
HAS TAKEN, AND WE KNOW THAT
COVID-19 HAS NOT MADE THIS ANY

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BETTER. SO, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD, AND AS VACCINE HAS
BEGUN TO BE ROLLED OUT, WE'RE
REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN GET

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OUR TREATMENT CENTERS BACK
ONLINE, BACK TO FULL CAPACITY TO
ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIRST AND

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FOREMOST TREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
SUFFERING WITH SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER.
>> DOUG, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT

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THAT, THAT'S THE PANDEMIC'S
IMPACT ON YOUR EFFORTS. WHAT HAS
THAT IMPACT BEEN?
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BEGAN TO SEE OUR NALOXONE EMS,
OVER DOSE INCREASES, WE'VE
DISTRIBUTED 13,000 DOSE HE IS.
OURS IS NOT CLIMBING AT THE SAME

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RATE AS NEIGHBORING STATES.
>> YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THIS
INTERVIEW, YOU TALKED A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT YOUR MISSION, YOUR

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FOCUS, AS IT RELATES TO
WORKFORCE CHANGING JUST A LITTLE
BIT.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE COVID,

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WE HAD RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT,
AND OUR FOCUS WAS REALLY ON, IN
THE EMPLOYER SPACE HOW CAN WE
GET EMPLOYERS TO ENSURE THAT

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THEIR WORKFORCE IS HEALTHY NOT
JUST WITH THE SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER BUT ALSO MENTAL HEALTH
AND ENSURING THAT THERE IS

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ADEQUATE TREATMENT FOR THOSE
EMPLOYEES, AND PATHWAYS FOR
EMPLOYERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO
LOOK FOR WARNING SIGNS AND HOW

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TO CREATE PROGRAMS IN WHICH THEY
COULD INCENTIVIZE THEIR
EMPLOYEES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
TREATMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

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>> BIG CHALLENGES, OBVIOUSLY,
FOR YOU, AND OTHERS WORKING ON
THIS CHALLENGE. THE GRAND
CHALLENGES INITIAL AT INDIANA

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UNIVERSITY CERTAINLY HAS
PRESENTED YOU WITH A UNIQUE TOOL
TO COMBAT THAT. TALK ABOUT HOW
THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTITUTION

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WITH ITS GRANT CHALLENGE
INITIATIVE HOW THAT IS IMPACTING
YOUR EFFORTS?
>> WE WERE REALLY HAPPY THAT

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY CAME ON BOARD
AS A PARTNER EARLY ON IN OUR
FIGHT. GOVERNOR HOLCOMB HAS MADE
COMBATTING THE DRUG EPIDEMIC A

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TOP PRIORITY. I.U. BROUGHT THEIR
EXPERTISE IN NOT JUST RESEARCH,
BUT IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
THOSE ACADEMICS, WHO ARE ABLE TO

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PROVIDE THE ANALYSIS. WE OFTEN
SAY AROUND HERE THAT OUR BEST
SOLUTIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED AND
DEVELOPED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

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WE'RE REALLY HERE TO FACILITATE
THAT. I.U. HAS DONE A WONDERFUL
JOB OF CONVENING PEOPLE AND
PROVIDING EXPERTS ALL ACROSS THE

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STATE AND COMMUNITIES LARGE AND
SMALL AS THEY TOOK TO HELP
PROVIDE SOLUTIONS AND HELP
COMMUNITIES COMBAT THE EPIDEMIC

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IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.
>> I KNOW I.U. AND THROUGH ITS
GRANT CHALLENGES INITIATIVE MADE
THE POINT THIS IS VERY MUCH AN

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INITIATIVE THAT IS STATE-WIDE,
THAT COUPLES UP OR COINCIDES
WITH THIS DRUG ABUSE, SUBSTANCE
USE CHALLENGE. IT'S A STATE-WIDE

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INITIATIVE, IT IS NOT JUST RURAL
COMMUNITIES, IT IS URBAN, RURAL
COMMUNITIES OF ALL SIZES.
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REALLY -- REALLY HAVE THE
PLEASURE TO SERVE ON A RESEARCH
TEAM WITH DR. -- WHO THEY'RE
LOOKING AT SUBSTANCE USE

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DISORDER IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM. IT'S ACROSS TEN
COUNTIES, IN THE STATE. ALL
VARYING DEGREES OF POPULATION

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AND RESOURCES, THEIR GOAL IS
REALLY TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP
INTERVENTIONS, AND
TREATMENT -- THAT CAN HOPEFULLY

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REDUCE RECIDIVISM. THIS IS ONE
PROJECT IN THE LARGER GRAND
CHALLENGE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE
A REALLY MEANINGFUL AND LASTING

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IMPACT ON OUR DOUBT.
>> DOUG HUNTSINGER, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF NEXT LEVEL RECOVERY,
AND CERTAINLY AN ORGANIZATION

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WORKING CLOSELY WITH I.U. AND
ITS GRAND CHALLENGE INITIATIVE
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. DOUG,
THANKS FOR JOINING US, THANK YOU