The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: ‘It’s Not a Death Sentence’

One prescription drug is keeping some addicts from dying. So why isn’t it more widespread? A story of regulation, stigma, and the potentially fatal faith in abstinence.

Stephen J. Dubner/ Freakonomics Radio
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8 min readJan 27, 2020

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Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of opioid overdoses in recent years. While…

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Stephen J. Dubner/ Freakonomics Radio
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Stephen J. Dubner is co-author of the Freakonomics books and host of Freakonomics Radio.