Undoing Drugs

"Of the countless writers out there whose focus is addiction, no one can begin to touch the brilliance of Maia Szalavitz." --Kristen Johnston, actress, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Guts, addiction advocate, founder of SLAM NYCDrug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars, or breast cancer. In the name of "sending the right message," we have maximized the spread of infectious disease, torn families apart, incarcerated millions of mostly Black and Brown people--and utterly failed to either prevent addiction or make effective treatment for it widely available.There is another way--one that is proven to work. But the United States has tried to solve this national crisis with policies that only made matters worse.

However it runs counter to much of the received wisdom about substances and related problems. It is