HeyJaredWJFF - The Kingfisher Project
In 2012, Bill Williams tragically lost his son, William, to a heroin overdose at age 24. At William’s memorial, Bill, alongside his wife Margot and daughter Elizabeth Hope, pledged to combat drug abuse by educating others, improving treatment, and reducing stigma.
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Former U.S. Drug Czar Richard J. Baum on America’s Opioid Crisis and Lessons from the Drug War (opens the original)
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Richard J. Baum spent 35 years working on America’s drug policy, including 28 years with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy across six presidential administrations. He also served as acting director of the ONDCP — the nation’s Drug Czar — and as executive director of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. Now an adjunct professor of public policy at Georgetown University, Baum joins us to discuss his new book, Inside America’s Opioid Cri
Robyn Oster on Kratom’s Emergence and Public Health Concerns (opens the original)
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Robyn Oster, Director of Policy at The Partnership to End Addiction, returned to The Kingfisher Project to discuss the rise of kratom and why public health experts are paying closer attention to it. Kratom is derived from a Southeast Asian plant and is now commonly sold in powders, capsules, tablets, gummies and liquid shots. Oster said the products are often found in gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops, where they are marketed as dietary supplements or wellness products. But Oster
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