Meanwhile, Busch is brainstorming ways to help turn the tide, even floating the idea of having recovery teams outside services for people who overdose.
“Anybody that was faced with an addiction that needed treatment could have walked out to the parking lot and been taken to a recovery center,” said Busch.
The National Funeral Directors Association just received a $17,000 grant to roll out four new social media PSAs that funeral homes will soon be using to raise awareness about the overdose crisis and other stigmatized deaths like suicide.