Code & Cure

#30 - From Reddit To Rescue: Real-Time Signals Of The Opioid Crisis

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What if the earliest warning sign of an opioid overdose surge isn’t locked inside a delayed report, but unfolding in real time on Reddit? In this episode, we explore how social media conversations, especially pseudonymous, community-led forums, can reveal emerging overdose risks before traditional surveillance systems catch up.

We unpack research that analyzed more than a decade of posts to…