The United States of Opioids -Virus Pandemic or Drug Pandemic - Which is the Greater Threat?

Show Guest: Harry Nelson

Co-Host: Dr. Matthew Polacheck

For over a decade, Harry Nelson has been the leading legal expert on prescribing practices, pain treatment, addiction and behavioral health. He has become known for turning healthcare safety disasters into learning opportunities out of which safer, better healthcare can emerge. The founder of L.A.’s largest healthcare firm, Nelson Hardiman, Nelson advises government regulators and policymakers on most sensitive and challenging emerging health policy issues.

In his latest book, The United States of Opioids, Nelson delivers critical insights about the Opioid Crisis, along with a roadmap for strategies for the way out. He shares an essential and fascinating history of how opioid addiction grew roots into our culture, and lays out the case for why we cannot afford to continue our current, failing approach to pain management and opioid addiction.