Maia Szalavitz, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, talks about policies that keep chronic pain patients from accessing their drugs and where they turn when prescriptions aren’t an option.
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Could a brain implant treat addiction?
Zachary Siegel of Harper’s Magazine discusses the details of deep brain stimulation, an experimental treatment for addiction. Plus, a special blog post from the show!
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Opium’s Long Spell On Humankind
Dr. John H. Halpern, a psychiatrist and former medical director of the Boston Center for Addiction Treatment, joins us to talk about how the power of the drug, first detected in Mesopotamia, has built to a crisis today.
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Opioids In Rural America
Dr. Laura Fanucchi and epidemiologist April Young talk about why Appalachia is one of the epicenters of the opioid crisis – and what the medical community is doing about it.
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Lessons From the Opioid Epidemic
Zoë Carpenter of The Nation talks about the ripple effect the opioid crisis is having on children.
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Portraits Of Opioid Addiction
Paul Moakley, deputy director of photography at Time, joins us to talk about what he learned from documenting the opioid epidemic.
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Imagining A Future Without Opioids
Ted Price joins us to talk about arguably America’s most important public health crisis – and about the prospects for non-opioid pain medication.
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