Akikur Mohammad

Inspire Malibu / USC Keck School of Medicine

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Psychiatrist and an addiction doctor; Founder and CEO of Inspire Malibu treatment center and Adjunct Professor at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine; author of The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us about the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful

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"Drug abuse" has long been criminalized, but drug addiction is now recognized as a medical problem, and it's taking a staggering toll.

A Deadly Epidemic and New Rules for Drug Addiction

"Drug abuse" has long been criminalized, but drug addiction is now recognized as a medical problem, and it's taking a staggering toll.

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