Opioid abuse has been quietly growing for a long time, but the story exploded in the media during the coverage of presidential race in New Hampshire. We now know that opioid addiction is a national problem affecting all age and economic groups. President Obama and Speaker Ryan have pledged to address the problem, and we are now seeing executive actions and bills passed.
A 2015 book, Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari, has challenged our current notions of drug addition. Hari claims that drug addiction was originally not a serious problem. It became a problem because of the war on drugs, which had its origin in racism.
We will discuss the current opioid epidemic and how the the views in Hari's book affects the solution. Here are the videos for the meeting:
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