Episode

The drug that's deadlier than opioids

Podcast: Think from KERA
Published: Jun 8, 2026
Duration seconds: 2792
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Summary

The damage caused by alcohol costs Americans billions of dollars, and it largely goes unnoticed. Isabella Cueto, chronic disease reporter for Stat, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the harms of alcohol from elevated cancer risk to liver damage to its impact on violent crime and why public health officials don’t seem to have a cohesive strategy to combat its very real consequences. Her series, written with Lev Facher, is “ The Deadliest Drug .” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices