Free Thoughts
How Drug Prohibition Caused the Opioid Crisis
Jeffrey A. Singer joins us to talk about the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic in the United States. Why are there so many opioid users in the US?
Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com and is a nationally syndicated columnist.
Jeffrey A. Singer joins us to talk about the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic in the United States. Why are there so many opioid users in the US?
Prof. Adam Martin explains how the drug war has altered incentives for both drug buyers and sellers, leading them to favor higher potency drugs.
Sullum argues for the repeal drug prohibition and discusses the misperceptions regarding drug use and addiction.
Kuznicki uses the example of school lunch restrictions to detail how difficult it is for public officials to act in the public good.