Words & Numbers: Episode 279: The Pain of Drug Laws

Episode 279: The Pain of Drug Laws

Jun 15, 2022

Critics of drug laws focus on the costs, both in dollars and lives, of incarcerating people for an act that often hurts no one. Lost in the discussion is the cost of making it harder for people who suffer from chronic pain to obtain drugs they need to function.

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