American Journal Of Public Health Podcast

Fatal overdoses seem to double within 6-min walk of drug arrests. Do drug busts increase overdose deaths? New study from Indianapolis suggests it might double the risk. Do America’s drug policy policymakers need to reconsider the priority given to police drug seizures cannot as opposed to harm reduction. Alfredo Morabia and Prof Vickie Mays (UCLA) discuss these issues with Prof. Brandon del Pozo (Brown University), Lisa Daugaard, Co-Executive Director/Purpose Dignity Action (Seattle, WS) and Dr Nabarun Dasgupta (U North Carolina)