A leading addiction expert explains how he’s driven by the memory of a friend who died, and why he believes giving data on the drug supply to people on the street is more important than using it to inform national drug policy.Guest:<a href="https://iprc.unc.edu/iprc-person/nabarun-dasgupta-phd-mph/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nabarun Dasgupta</a>, Epidemiologist, <a href="https://www.streetsafe.supply/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of North Carolina Street Drug Analysis Lab</a> and <a href="https://www.opioiddata.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Opioid Data Lab</a>Learn more and read a full transcript on <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2025/07/31/scientists-mission-change-prevent-overdoses" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our website</a>.Help us unlock a $5,000 match by becoming one of 200 new donors at&nbsp;<a href="http://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tradeoffs.org/donate</a>.Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free <a href="https://tradeoffs.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ab1fc39a0b1b15521551487c&id=89c5edcb93&utm_source=twitter-newsletter-signup&utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">weekly newsletter</a> featuring the latest health policy research and news.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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