| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. Nora Volkov: Mobilizing Citizen Science to Address the Overdose Epidemic
USA. Nora Volkov: Mobilizing Citizen Science to Address the Overdose Epidemic
In the terrorist attack in New York City on October 31, citizens on the scene shared information and pictures in real time via their smartphones, using social media apps like Snapchat. Snapchat recently introduced a location-sharing feature called Snap Maps, which was also used during the Las Vegas shooting, the Mexico City earthquake, and the hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean and some US cities. Could existing social media or new, built-for-purpose apps be used to attack the opioid problem? It is an area where additional research and partnerships with technology startups could potentially make a big impact. (NIH-NIDA, Nors’s Blog, 16.11.2017)