Writing in the New York Times, Leo Beletsky and Jeremiah Goulka (my colleagues at Northeastern University’s Health in Justice Action Lab), argue that the DEA’s draconian tactics have, in fact, fueled the overdose crisis. Contrary to the pop-culture image of DEA agents working deep undercover to disrupt drug traffickers, the DEA actually plays a far more unsexy role in our everyday lives: regulating and overseeing the pharmaceutical supply chain.