A Tale of Two Crises: Opiates vs. Crack

A Tale of Two Crises: Opiates vs. Crack

The Opioid Crisis has wreaked havoc across America, taking lives and devastating families, neighborhoods, and communities. But this isn't the first time we've suffered a deadly drug crisis. In today's episode, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed tells the tale of two crises: the opioid epidemic of today and the crack epidemic of the 1980s, contrasting the government's and media's responses to these crises - and what they tell us about the nature of drug use and structural racism in America.


For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/americadissected.


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