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Podcast: High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode: Episode #78 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Tom Frieden on Public Health
Description: Can the public health solution to drug overdoses follow the public health model for COVID?Can we do contact tracing for overdoses like we do for infectious diseases? Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC director say yes.
Dr. Tom Frieden is a physician trained in internal medicine, infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology. He is former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former commissioner of the New York City Health Department. Dr. Frieden is currently President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives.
Dr. Frieden began his public health career in...