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How Anti-Drug Campaigns Like 'This Is Your Brain On Drugs' Have And Haven't Worked

President Trump has said he wants to launch a new anti-drug ad campaign to fight opioid use. But how have these public service announcements worked in the past?

Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Keith Humphreys ( @KeithNHumphreys), professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and former senior policy adviser for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under Presidents Bush and Obama.

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