Author Luke Messac

Luke Messac

Luke Messac is an MD/PhD candidate and a doctoral student in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of History & Sociology of Science. He received his BA from Harvard in 2008. His research focuses on the various uses to which statistics and economic theory have been put in debates on politically contentious policies (both domestic and international) such as opiate control regulations, point-of-care user fees, and housing programs for the chronically ill. His recent publications include articles in the Journal of Policy History, Social Science & Medicine, and the Journal of Viral Hepatitis. His dissertation is a history of the role of medicine in development planning and popular politics in Malawi between 1920 and 1980.

The Other Opioid Crisis—People in Poor Countries Can’t Get the Pain Medication They Need

Luke Messac

Science & Medicine

There are two opioid crises in the world today. One is the epidemic of abuse and misuse, present in many countries but rising at an alarming rate in the United States. The other crisis is older and affects...

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Author Luke Messac

Luke Messac

The Other Opioid Crisis—People in Poor Countries Can’t Get the Pain Medication They Need