He issued the first Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health - calling for expanded access to prevention and treatment, and for recognizing addiction as a chronic illness. During his tenure, Murthy launched the TurnTheTide campaign, catalyzing a movement among health professionals to address the nation’s opioid crisis. Murthy served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, appointed by President Obama.
This present conversation focuses on Murthy’s book Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. When do our feelings of loneliness symptomize broader societal problems? When does loneliness itself cause acute challenges in individual lives? When I want to ask such questions, I pose them to Dr. Billed Into Silence: Money and the Miseducation of Women.
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