The Dig: The Origins of the Opioid Crisis with Leo Beletsky
The drug war is a cause of, not solution to, the overdose crisis. Law and public health scholar @LeoBeletsky explains the origins of the opioid overdose crisis and how drug prohibition, policing, interdiction and incarceration are at its root — and con...
November 29, 2017
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November 29, 2017
The Dig: The Origins of the Opioid Crisis with Leo Beletsky
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The Dig: The Origins of the Opioid Crisis with Leo Beletsky
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The drug war is a cause of, not solution to, the overdose crisis. Law and public health scholar @LeoBeletsky explains the origins of the opioid overdose crisis and how drug prohibition, policing, interdiction and incarceration are at its root — and continue to help make opioid use so deadly. Thanks to our supporters at Verso Books. Check out <i>Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis</i> by George Monbiot <a href="http://versobooks.com/books/2571-out-of-the-wreckage" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com/books/2571-out-of-the-wreckage</a> Support us with your $ at <a href="http://Patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig</a>. We can’t do this without our listeners!<p></p><div></div>
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