Maia Szalavitz is a New York Times best selling author and award-winning journalist. Her books, Unbroken Brain and Undoing Drugs are considered by many, to be unrivaled compositions on the interplay between neuroscience, addiction, drug policy, and harm reduction. She’s written five other books as well. Help At Any Cost, Born For Love, Lost Boy, The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, and Recovery Options: The Complete Guide.  

She is a contributing op/ed writer for the New York Times along with Time, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Oprah Magazine to name a few.

We are honored to have her on the show for Episode #20…

Enjoy!

To learn more about Maia, go to maiasz.com

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