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Jun 2023

1h 19m

Episode 83: The Parents Who Oppose The W...

CHRISTOPHER MORAFF, TROY FARAH, ZACHARY SEIGEL

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The War on (People who Use) Drugs has claimed over a million victims in the last two decades, every fatal overdose representing deep policy failures that attempt in vain to control normal human behavior: self-medicating and inducing euphoria. None of this wonky policy bullshit matters much when you’re the parent of a child who dies...

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