Asa, Laura, Sujata, and Ben discuss the supply and demand drivers of the opioid crisis. Dr. Rubin shares his experience at treatment facilities. We close with Happy Hour Chatter, as always.

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Participants:

Asa Rubin, MD, Pathologist (@asarubin2)

2018-2019 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Defense

Sujata Emani, PhD, Chemist (@SassySujE)

2018-2019 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy

Ben Isaacoff, PhD, Physicist (@bpisaacoff)

2018-2019 Legislative Branch Fellow at the US Senate

Dr. Laura Van Berkel, PhD, Social Psychologist (@Laura_VanBerkel)

2018-2019 Executive Branch Fellow at the National Science Foundation

Ben's astronaut herpes chatter: https://phys.org/news/2019-03-dormant-viruses-spaceflight.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Sujata's chatter about Lilly Singh on Late Night: https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-03-20/indian-canadian-youtube-star-lilly-singh-will-have-her-own-late-night-show-nbc

Laura's chatter about fantasy birding: https://deadspin.com/fantasy-birding-is-real-and-its-spectacular-1833374916

Asa's chatter has no link, just bruises.