What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat?

Title:: What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat?
Speaker:: Mike Davis
Description:: In the 1980s and 90s, pharmaceutical companies began to market opioid painkillers aggressively, while actively downplaying their addictive potential. The number of prescriptions skyrocketed, and so did cases of addiction, beginning a crisis that continues today. What makes opioids so addictive? Mike Davis explains what we can do to reverse the skyrocketing rates of addiction and overdose. [Directed by Good Bad Habits, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Landon Trimble/ Playdate].

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TED-Ed
Duration:: 08:19

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