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Maia Szalavitz

Maia Szalavitz is the author of the forthcoming book “Tough Love America: How the ‘Troubled Teen’ Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids”
(Riverhead, 2005). She has also written for the New York Times, Elle, Redbook and other publications.

Two prescription bottles with pain pills spilling out of them (Getty Images)

We’re waging the wrong battle against opioids

Maia Szalavitz

These “new faces of heroin” stories are just the old face of racism

Maia Szalavitz

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How NBC and our reactionary media perpetuate the war on drugs

Maia Szalavitz

Is Dr. Drew too dangerous for prime time?

Maia Szalavitz

Will a rain forest shrub cure my addiction?

Maia Szalavitz

Help! How do I stop smoking pot?

Maia Szalavitz

Mel Sembler (Reuters/Tony Gentile)

Romney advisor’s reefer madness

Maia Szalavitz

Should methadone moms keep their babies?

Maia Szalavitz

Do 12-step programs lead to cults?

Maia Szalavitz

The return of reefer madness

Maia Szalavitz

Death penalty for I.V. drug users

Maia Szalavitz

Cracked up

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Where's the rest of me?

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Just a pinprick

Maia Szalavitz