After a fentanyl tragedy, a grieving family urges hospital test reforms

And now, a conversation about the crisis of opioid addiction. Last fall, Josh Siems suffered a fatal, fentanyl-linked overdose on his 31st birthday. Josh’s loved ones have thrown their support behind a bill in Annapolis that would require hospitals to play a new role in addressing our state’s opioid epidemic, by testing all opioid OD admissions for the presence of fentanyl, an often-lethal additive found in street-sold opiates. Josh’s mother, Caryl Siems and Melanie Yates, Josh’s partner, join us in Studio A…Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.