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EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here

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Understanding Opioid Addiction: A Biopsychosocial Perspective

This chapter explores the biopsychosocial model of addiction, focusing on how biological, psychological, and social factors contribute to opioid addiction. It emphasizes the need for a broader understanding of recovery, addressing the stigma of addiction and the contrasting approaches of abstentionists and harm reductionists.

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