06/16/26 The Math of Fentanyl

On this edition of Century: The Math of Fentanyl. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Morgan Godvin, a researcher, writer, harm reduction advocate, and co-author an article entitled \"Estimating the daily milligrams of morphine equivalent of illicit fentanyl use in Los Angeles: Clinical and epidemiological implications,\" which was published in the August 2026 edition of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. They spoke at the eighty-eighth annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, which took place June 13 through 17 in Portland, Oregon. Plus, the Joint United Nations Programme against HIV/AIDS has released a new report which shows that a combination of factors is threatening to reverse years of gains in the AIDS response. Angeli Achrekar, Assistant Secretary-General of UNAIDS, discussed the report at a news conference June 12.