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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The New Heroin Epidemic

    We heard at the top of the show about the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, Now, with heroin use up around the country, a kinder, gentler sort of policy solution is in vogue.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 23, 2016 • 1 min read

    We heard at the top of the show about the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, Now, with heroin use up around the country, a kinder, gentler sort of policy solution is in vogue. This past weekend, governors gathered in Washington, D.C., to talk about heroin and prescription drug addiction, and the conversation was about public health solutions to the problem. Madeleine gets an expert to weigh in on this new approach.

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    A New Drug Epidemic, Young Voter Trends, and Peter Mondavi
    1. 0:00Youth Lockup
    2. 8:58The New Heroin EpidemicYou’re reading this
    3. 22:26Figuring Out Young Voters
    4. 32:49Peter Mondavi Dies
    5. 44:55Pop-Up Restaurants
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Carl Hart

      Neuroscientist and Chair of the Department of Psychology; Professor of Psychology, Columbia University; Author

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    A New Drug Epidemic, Young Voter Trends, and Peter Mondavi
    1. 0:00Youth Lockup
    2. 8:58The New Heroin EpidemicYou’re reading this
    3. 22:26Figuring Out Young Voters
    4. 32:49Peter Mondavi Dies
    5. 44:55Pop-Up Restaurants
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