Smoke in the Air- The Opioid Crisis

In 2020 over 93,000 people died of drug overdose in the US.  Almost 70,000 involved opioids.  In this episode Aaron investigates what the opioid crisis is.  He explains how it is a crisis of regulation.  He explains how, because of prohibition, there is now a super-potent synthetic opioid called fentanyl in abundance on the black market.  Aaron ends with explaining what he believes to be the solutions.