For The Win

Ep 6: Dr Alex Wodak on how he helped stop an epidemic

For The Win

Show Notes

Public health is cool! Prevnetion of disease is smart! But most of the world is locked into a miserable war on drugs that makes no sense financially, medically or from any perspective. I talk to Dr Alex Wodak who helped open Australia's first Medically Supervised Injecting Centre and is head of The Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation Follow Dr Wodak @AlexWodak And me @emilycmulligan

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