Author: Maia Szalavitz / Source: Big Think

Maia Szalavitz is widely viewed as one of the premier American journalists covering addiction and drugs. A neuroscience writer for TIME.com and a former cocaine and heroin addict, she understands the science and its personal dimensions in a way that few others can.
is the first book-length exposé of the “tough love” business that dominates addiction treatment. Her newest book is Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of…The post The dos and don’ts of helping a drug-addicted person recover appeared first on FeedBox.