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National emergency: how to put opioids to good use

9 mins | Feb 22, 2018
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While the USA grapples with a ravaging opioid crisis, prescribed medications to combat depression and anxiety are booming. Why not just repurpose all those illegal drugs? Marc Lewis and Shaun Shelly, writing in Aeon magazine, suggest a radical new way of treating mental health conditions.

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