By Jane Hu — 2020
What’s distinct about the current media activism movement is not just the clarity of its messaging, but its ability to convey that message through so much noise.
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Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.
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Addiction, whether to drugs or other behaviors . . . is always a compensation for the sense of being devalued as a human being.
Understanding the root causes of addiction can help us to better treat it.
What if we replaced the word "addict" with: “A human being who suffered so much that he or she finds in drugs or some other behavior a temporary escape from that suffering"?
There are legitimate uses of opioids in the treatment of physical pain. There is no legitimate use in the treatment of emotional pain.
Dr. Gabor Maté, a well-known addiction specialist and author, spent 12 years working in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a neighborhood with a large concentration of hardcore drug users.
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