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Addiction & Depression: Johann Hari On Lost Connections

The Rich Roll Podcast

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Chris Christie and Dr. Drew on Addiction

I was debating addiction with Chris Christie, the disgusting former governor of New Jersey. I just didn't think he understood quite basic things about addiction. He seemed like a fairly nice person, but he didn't really understand,. The debate about the opioid crisis in the US is so removed from really basic facts about even what addiction is. Before I started doing the research from my book, Chasing the Scream, which was about addiction and the drug war, I didn't understand many of these basic things as well. We've been told this story for 100 years about addiction that's become totally part of our common sense. But while there's some truth in that story, it's actually a small part

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