Bayla Ostrach

Guest Author

Dr. Bayla Ostrach, MA, PhD, is an applied medical anthropologist appointed as an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine and affiliated faculty with the Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice master’s program in GMS at BUSM, working as a Research Scientist at UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC, in Asheville.

Bayla's Work:

10.04.2018 A box of Narcan (naloxone)

Mental & Behavioral Health
Substance Use

Is There a Risk to Naloxone?

Naloxone is a life-saving intervention used to reverse drug overdose, but critics argue that it increases crime and promotes drug use. Ostrach and colleagues disagree, arguing that withholding it is immoral.

Guest Authors Nathan Mullins, Hillary Brown, Bayla Ostrach