Marie Jauffret-Roustide discusses harm reduction as an effective response to the opioid overdose crisis.

Episode 12 features Marie Jauffret-Roustide, Senior Fellow in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies at The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy and research fellow at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research in Paris, France. Jauffret-Roustide discusses the effectiveness of drug policies that are embedded in human rights and harm reduction, and compares them to repressive drug policies that are ineffective in protecting vulnerable people and the communities in which they live.

Keywords: Health and Society, Drug Policy, Law and Society, Harm Reduction, Health and Social Policy