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hi! this is my substack post and new policy org. thanks to whoever posted this. hope you will subscribe!

we are looking for folks with MDs and PhDs or other experience in the field or in EA type writing to join the project. the thesis is that the addiction crisis is solvable if we put sufficient resources into new medication development, including GLP-1 for addiction and powerful non opiate painkillers like the Vertex drug that will be approved early next year.

addiction is the number 1 cause of DALYs in the united states if you include opiates, stimulants, alcohol, and cigarettes.

the right policies can get new treatments to people rapidly without massive public costs and without disrupting incentives. but we're currently on track for at least another decade of massive damage if we don't change things. join the effort!