Podcast: Drug Legalization—The Answer to Our Overdose Epidemic? Dr. Jeffrey Singer

By Cameron English and ChuckDinerstein and Jeffrey Singer — Sep 09, 2025

“The stricter the law enforcement, the more dangerous the drug.” That’s how ACSH advisor and Cato Institute senior fellow Dr. Jeffrey Singer describes the iron law of prohibition, which he argues is driving America’s overdose epidemic. How do we reverse this alarming trend? Legalize all drugs. Dr. Singer joins us on a special episode of Science Dispatch to make that case.

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Join Cameron English, Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and Dr. Jeff Singer on Episode 133 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they tackle drug legalization.

We Already Know That Harder Law Enforcement Leads to Harder Drugs. It Also Leads to More Numerous Overdose Deaths

Economists and policy analysts have long understood that enforcing drug prohibition indirectly increases the drug overdose rate. Now there’s empirical evidence showing it directly increases the overdose rate as well.

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Cameron English

Director of Bioscience

Cameron English is a writer, editor and co-host of the Science Facts and Fallacies Podcast. Before joining ACSH, he was managing editor at the Genetic Literacy Project.