Stephen P. Wood, MS, ACNP is an acute care nurse practitioner practicing emergency medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, and a fellow in bioethics at the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Stephen has been active in addressing the opioid healthcare crisis as a practicing nurse, educator,  and as a public health official.His focus is on harm reduction and access to care in the setting of substance use disorder and human trafficking. He is also a consultant for the Southern Middlesex Regional Drug Task Force, and the New England Coalition Against Trafficking; the chair of the Winchester Hospital Substance Use Task Force; and the co-chair of the Southern Middlesex County Mental Health Working Group.  He regularly contributes to the Petrie-Flom Center blog Bill of Health which can be found here  https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/author/swood27/