What If America Executed Drug Dealers?

What If America Executed Drug Dealers?

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 793 , Segment 2

Episode: Online Sales Tax, Executing Drug Dealers, Jaws: The Epidemic Right Under Our Noses

  • Apr 18, 2018 11:00 pm
  • 17:21 mins

Guest: Angelica Duran-Martinez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell Every day in the US, more than 100 people die of an opioid overdose. As part of his plan to address the epidemic, President Trump wants a crackdown on drug dealers – what he calls, “the big pushers.” The President’s plan also includes making more treatment options available to people with opioid addiction and an awareness campaign to reduce the amount of opioids prescribed by doctors. But his call to execute drug dealers is getting the most attention.  Angelica Duran-Martinez has studied how well these tough laws work in addressing drug problems on a national scale.

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"Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic"

29 MINS

Guests: Sandra Kahn, DDS, MSD, Orthodontist; Paul Ehrlich, PhD, Professor of Population Studies Emeritus, President of the Center of Conservation Biology, Stanford University. Scientists who study skulls from thousands of years ago can tell you something surprising about our ancestors: they didn’t need orthodontists. Our ancestors, as a general rule, had great teeth: straight, strong, no crowding or impacted wisdom teeth or overbite. These days having perfect teeth without braces or some sort of dental work done is really rare in America. What changed?  Paul Ehrlich and Sandra Kahn explore that question in their new book, “Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic.” They claim that we, as industrialized humans, have a host of health problems because, from the time we’re born, we don’t force our jaws to work hard enough.

Guests: Sandra Kahn, DDS, MSD, Orthodontist; Paul Ehrlich, PhD, Professor of Population Studies Emeritus, President of the Center of Conservation Biology, Stanford University. Scientists who study skulls from thousands of years ago can tell you something surprising about our ancestors: they didn’t need orthodontists. Our ancestors, as a general rule, had great teeth: straight, strong, no crowding or impacted wisdom teeth or overbite. These days having perfect teeth without braces or some sort of dental work done is really rare in America. What changed?  Paul Ehrlich and Sandra Kahn explore that question in their new book, “Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic.” They claim that we, as industrialized humans, have a host of health problems because, from the time we’re born, we don’t force our jaws to work hard enough.