We can read a lot about the epidemic of addition to prescription pain medication. I've read and blogged about several books within the last year or so. This book is a little different. Lembke treats addicts but only after educating herself after medical school and residency. When she started out, she specifically said she would NO treat addicts because she felt like she didn't have the training necessary. She learned pretty quickly that many of her patients were addicted to something and that almost NO one was there to treat them. This book is a fascinating look at how we have developed a system that has directly lead to many of the problems we are facing now. Can this be fixed? Will it be fixed? When everything focuses on money instead of treatment, there isn't a lot of room for reform. This is a through-provoking work that deserves to be read widely.
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