S3: Ep5: Ryan Oftebro

Ryan Oftebro and I recorded this episode a little over a month ago - I’d wanted to interview Ryan over a year ago about this topic because Ryan is Principal and CEO of Kelly-Ross Pharmacy group here in Seattle.  Kelly-Ross remains one of the few independently owned pharmacies in our area and Ryan, as the incoming president of the WA State Pharmacy association, has some unique visibility into the number of opioid prescription and overdose in our state.  I knew generally that Ryan had lobbied in Olympia to fight Opioid addiction, and that he was somewhat of an expert, so he became my guru in my quest for education.  

As Covid slowly took over, he and I talked at length about the effects of having people in isolation, unable to use their regular drug dealers, how this would impact addiction and overdose.  A year ago he told me that it would be catastrophic and as it turns out, he was right.