Just Opioid Financial Burden on Crime Labs
July 2018
Series
In episode twelve of our 2018 Drugs Season, just Science speaks to Dr. Paul Speaker, from west Virginia University, about the economic burden our justice system has from opioid deaths. They are estimating that the crime labs alone are spending around 270 million dollars a year just on the opioid crisis. Laboratory budgets are not growing fast enough to handle this drain on resources. Listen along as Just Science delves into the data of the opioid crisis. This episode will conclude the FTCOE’s season on drugs.
