Maia Szalavitz on The Case For Harm Reduction

<p>Maia Szalavitz is&nbsp;an American reporter and New York Times best-selling author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction.&nbsp;She has won awards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Drug Policy Alliance, the American Psychological Association and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology for her 30 years of groundbreaking writing on addiction, drug policy and neuroscience.</p><p>In this episode, Maia and Eric discuss her book,<em>&nbsp;</em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780738285764" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction.</em></a></p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p>In This Interview, Maia Szalavitz and I Discuss The Case for Harm Reduction and…</p><ul><li>Her book:&nbsp;<a href="http://her%20book:%20undoing%20drugs:%20The%20Untold%20Story%20of%20Harm%20Reduction%20and%20the%20Future%20of%20Addiction%20What%20&quot;harm%20reduction&quot;%20means%20in%20the%20case%20of%20addition%20The%20truth%20behind%20why%20we%20have%20the%20drug%20policies%20that%20we%20currently%20have%20Differentiating%20between%20the%20terms%20dependence%20and%20addiction%20The%20real%20problem%20of%20addiction%20being%20the%20compulsive%20behavior%20that's%20ruining%20your%20life%20The%20role%20of%20moderation%20in%20substance%20use%20in%20people%20in%20recovery%20How%20to%20know%20whether%20or%20not%20moderation%20or%20abstinence%20is%20right%20for%20you%20The%20problem%20with%20a%20binary%20approach%20to%20drug%20use%20The%20harm%20reduction%20recovery%20approach%20as%20any%20positive%20change%20The%20difficult%20but%20crucial%20role%20of%20be