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8:19
Mike Davis
What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat?
5:04
Judy Grisel
How does alcohol make you drunk?
17:30
Mitch Zeller
The past, present and future of nicotine addiction
14:31
Jan Rader
In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life
14:29
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin
What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes
16:31
Mark Tyndall
The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment
12:01
Chera Kowalski
The critical role librarians play in the opioid crisis
18:31
Rachel Wurzman
How isolation fuels opioid addiction
14:59
Austin Eubanks
What surviving the Columbine shooting taught me about pain
17:00
Tristan Harris
How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day
12:25
Guy Winch
How to fix a broken heart
16:13
Manoush Zomorodi
How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
9:29
Adam Alter
Why our screens make us less happy
15:07
David Casarett
A doctor's case for medical marijuana
10:44
Michael Botticelli
Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one
14:42
J.D. Vance
America's forgotten working class
9:24
Judson Brewer
A simple way to break a bad habit
14:42
Johann Hari
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
4:48
Nicole Avena
How sugar affects the brain
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