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(page xvii)p. xviiPreface: the tragedy and mystery of addiction
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Imagine hundreds of millions of people in agony. Their health is failing, they are straining to support themselves financially, they are acting in ways that violate their deeply held sense of right and wrong, and they are causing great pain to people whom they love. This describes the population of people who are addicted to drugs, and makes their experience tragic, even heartbreaking. Yet if a fairy godmother appeared and said, “I can take all this pain away by waving my wand and making all drugs disappear from earth,” most of the assembled would howl in protest, seize the wand from her hand, and break it in two. That also describes the population of people who are addicted to drugs, and makes their experience mysterious, even maddening.
I have spent the past 35 years trying to understand the tragedy and to unravel the mystery of addiction. This book is an effort to share some of the key things I and my colleagues in the addiction field have learned, as well as to convey the steps that individuals, families, communities, and policymakers can do to lessen the toll of addiction on human health, safety, and well-being.
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