Welcome to Season 2 Episode 26 of Upstream Downstream. Here to talk with Bianca Ison is Dr. Emily Einstein. Emily Einstein, the Branch Chief of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Science Policy branch. The two discuss when the opioid crisis started, why the cases of overdoses rise, and what is being done to help combat this crisis.

We would like to thank our guest Emily Einstein for joining this discussion. We would also like to thank our producer, Sarah Burke, and our assistant producer and editor, Bianca Ison.