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Mar 2019
40m 40s

#149 — The Problem of Addiction

SAM HARRIS
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Sam Harris speaks with Sally Satel about addiction. They discuss whether addiction should be considered a disease, the opiate epidemic in the U.S., the unique danger of fentanyl, the politicization of medicine, PTSD, and other topics.

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