Policing, Law Enforcement and Harm Reduction

Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA spent 23 years in policing and is now a postdoctoral researcher on the consequences of substance use and addiction at Rhode Island's Miriam Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His research interests include studying systems-level approaches to delivering substance use treatment services, overcoming the stigmas that obstruct evidence-based responses to the nation's opioid crisis, and confronting the overdose epidemic in rapid, effective ways that limit its spread.

Jennifer J. Carroll, PhD, MPH, is a medical anthropologist, research scientist, and subject matter expert on substance use and public health. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at North Carolina State University and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine the Alpert Medical School at Brown University.