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Journalist who’s covered addiction for almost 30 years. Her recent piece in The Guardian is headlined “Curbing Pain prescriptions Won’t Reduce Overdoses. More Drug Treatment Will.” Her book, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, will be out next week.

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