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Carlyn Zwarenstein

Carlyn Zwarenstein is the author of On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance (Goose Lane Editions 2021, ECW audiobook 2022), which examines pain, drug use, and what people need to be well – and how these play out under capitalism and prohibition. You can find her on Twitter at @CarlynZwaren, and at www.carlynzwarenstein.com.