Physician Gabor Maté links Vancouver patients' experiences with his own compulsions to explore how pain, biology, relationships, and policy shape addiction and the possibilities for care.
1 part, about 26 minutes to read.
Maté argues that prohibition raises drug prices, increasing users' pressure to finance their habits through crime. Hari adds that illicit sellers cannot settle trade disputes in civil courts, turning to intimidation and violence to defend territory.
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