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I'm an epidemiologist at a local health department so I have a public health-y question.

In light of the opioid epidemic that we see across the country, is poison control on the national level doing any sort of surveillance to monitor this? What kind of a role does poison control play not only in reporting these instances but also in using the data to study trends and outcomes? If so, what agencies does poison control collaborate with or hope to collaborate with?

Thank you!

Thanks so much for the detailed response! One of my colleagues is getting an opioid surveillance process off the ground in our county so it's great to know what's going on at the national level.

This is so cool!! I lived in the Eastern Sierra for a year and was surprised at how much trash I would find even in the wilderness. In your experience, what type of trash did you find the highest proportion of (e.g., human waste related, food or beverage containers/wrappers, hiking/sports equipment related)?

Thanks for doing this super cool survey! So stoked for your journey and to see the results.