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Addiction dominates the headlines, but how to recover from addiction and live with its aftermath is often left out. 

What do scientists and community support organizations say about what works to treat addiction? Why is the conversation often focused on substances rather than the people? What remains deeply misunderstood about addiction?

Today on the Friday Roundtable, four guests confront those issues head on with MPR News Host Kerri Miller: 

, assistant commissioner to the community supports administration at the Minnesota Department of Human Services

, the Minnesota Department of Health's first Director of American Indian Health

, medical director for Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's youth services

, who represents the 40th District of Minnesota

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Addiction dominates the headlines, but how to recover from addiction and live with its aftermath is often left out.

We've heard a lot about the ravages of addiction, but the conversation is rarely centered around how to recover from and live with the aftermath of addiction. Today on the Friday Roundtable MPR News Host Kerri Miller leads a candid conversation about addiction. What do scientists and community support organizations have to tell us about what works to treat addiction?  What remains deeply misunderstood about addiction?

Friday Roundtable: A candid conversation about addiction

An addict in recovery writes motivational quotes.

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