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#149 — The Problem of Addiction

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Importance of Context in Kicking an Addiction

As far as opioids, a lot of this is obviously dose-dependent and often a root of administration-dependent. But it conceivably, it could be as hard to get off opioids, prescription opioids, especially if you've crushed them up and snorted or injecting them as heroin. There should be probably no difference. Interestingly, nicotine is considered the most addictive drug, but that is highly conflated with the fact that smoking itself as a behavior is addictive, addicted, highly addictive.

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