11. Synthetic Opioid Policy with Jirka Taylor

For this week's bonus episode of the History of Drugs in Society, I spoke to Jirka Taylor about synthetic opioid policy. Jirka is currently a Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation. A social scientist by training, his research portfolio mainly focuses on drug policy and criminal justice more broadly and he explores where those systems intersect with healthcare and social services. We talk about policy responses to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. 

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You can read more of Jirka’s research here: https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/t/taylor_jirka.html