How politics, not data, is driving policy on painkillers — and hurting patients Ep. 219

Today, we are joined by Dr. Stefan Kertesz, a professor in the division of preventive medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Dr. Kertesz joins us to discuss his concerns about government's totally unscientific approach to cutting off pain medicine. In a wide-ranging conversation, we delve deep into the drug overdose crisis, what really causes it, the most recent trends, and how the lack of proper science and data is driving the government to make things worse. In fact, most of the problems with overdoses have nothing to do with pain patients and doctors who write legitimate prescriptions, yet most of the public policy solutions are targeting them while ignoring the bigger problem.     This issue is too important to misdiagnose and is an opportunity for people of all political persuasions to come together to seek the truth.  Show notes My latest on government misfiring on opioid crisis Dr. Kertesz’s articles: Pill limits are not a smart way to fight the opioid crisis Strict limits on opioid prescriptions risk inhumane treatment of pain patients The danger of overcorrecting on prescription opioids    Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices