EXCELLENT SCIENCE PODCASTS — “SCIENCE VS” — U.S. OPIOIDS CRISIS

EXCELLENT SCIENCE PODCASTS — “SCIENCE VS” — U.S. OPIOIDS CRISIS

Science Vs takes on fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between.

Two recent very good episodes were on U.S. Opioids Crisis.

(1) Opioids: How America Got Hooked [March 22, 2018]
https://www.gimletmedia.com/science-vs/opioids-how-america-got-hooked
More people in the U.S. died from opioids in 2016 than the peak year of the AIDS epidemic. So how did we get here? We speak to Prof. June Dahl, pain specialist Dr. David Tauben, and emergency physician Dr. Jeanmarie Perrone. Check out our full transcript with all the footnotes you can handle: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rsXzns4edjx3Z2VbiaF3ik9LoomDeIFNVUXprAaTRvs/edit?usp=sharing

(2) Opioids: Kicking America's Addiction [March 29, 2018]
https://www.gimletmedia.com/science-vs/opioids-kicking-americas-addiction
America’s got an opioid problem. So where do we go from here? What can actually help people struggling with opioid addiction? We speak to Dr. Anna Lembke, Dr. Marvin Seppala, and a patient we call Mischa. Full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15sjdSXNyQiENplcYTe4zaOSYuf85VFcpNVYlhpztddU/edit

See all previous episodes. Great stuff:
https://www.gimletmedia.com/science-vs/