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Michael Botticelli: Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one
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Only one in nine people in the United States gets the care and treatment they need for addiction and substance abuse. A former Director of National Drug Control Policy, Michael Botticelli is working to end this epidemic and treat people with addictions with kindness, compassion and fairness. In a personal, thoughtful talk, he encourages the millions of Americans in recovery today to make their voices heard and confront the stigma associated with substance use disorders.
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;HIV;LGBT;TEDx;communication;community;disease;government;humanity;identity;law;leadership;policy;public health;self;social change;society;TEDxMidAtlantic;2016
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