Jill Replogle

I'm a reporter at Southern California Public Radio (KPCC), where I cover Orange County. I've been a journalist for nearly two decades, reporting mostly from California, Mexico and Central America. I've worked in radio, newspapers and TV/video covering everything from immigration and environmental issues to public health and human rights. I tweet in English y español at @jillrep.

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Series puts new face on the opioid epidemic: Orange County seniors

It was a vexing data riddle: Were opioids leading seniors to commit suicide? Or did they have major health problems that led them to take their lives?

Mental Health & Trauma

Community & Public Health

How ER docs could play a key role in fighting the opioid epidemic

Momentum is building to get emergency departments to play a bigger role in stemming the epidemic.

Linda Tisbo, a member of the Laguna Woods Medical Cannabis Collective, cleans out her pipe on April 11, 2018.

Mental Health & Trauma

Community & Public Health

Is pot the answer to keeping seniors in pain off opioids and other prescription drugs?

Some seniors there now say they are looking for ways to take as few prescription drugs as possible. And many are turning to cannabis as an alternative.

Chronic Disease

Mental Health & Trauma

Community & Public Health

The opioid epidemic isn't hitting LA as hard as the rest of the country. Ethnic diversity might explain why

In Los Angeles County, the rate of deadly overdoses is much lower than the national rate. Why?

Mental Health & Trauma

Community & Public Health

Is the crackdown on opioids failing patients?

"We are overreacting to the need to lower opioid prescribing by punishing patients," says Dr. Kelly Pfeifer.

[Photo by Alfonso Pierantonio via Flickr.]

Why are Orange County retirees dying of opioid overdoses?

Orange County has the second highest number of opioid-related deaths in the state after Los Angeles, and the epidemic is hitting hardest among people in their golden years.

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Jill Replogle

Articles

Series puts new face on the opioid epidemic: Orange County seniors

How ER docs could play a key role in fighting the opioid epidemic

Is pot the answer to keeping seniors in pain off opioids and other prescription drugs?

The opioid epidemic isn't hitting LA as hard as the rest of the country. Ethnic diversity might explain why

Is the crackdown on opioids failing patients?

Why are Orange County retirees dying of opioid overdoses?