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Lee Hoffer

Anthropology’s Lee Hoffer discusses value of observing drug users in solving opioid epidemic

How digital drug users could help to halt the US opioid epidemic

Nature: Lee Hoffer, associate professor of anthropology, explained how researchers who directly observe drug users can glean information about how networks are formed with dealers and the cost of drugs. This information can then be used to create computer simulations to explore potential solutions to address the opioid epidemic.