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title: "2 Drug use Quotes By Michael Botticelli"
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> [One of the drivers of heroin has been the misuse of pain medication. If we're gonna deal with heroin and heroin use in the United States, we really have to focus on reducing the magnitude of the prescription drug use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/one-of-the-drivers-of-heroin-has-been-the-misuse-of-pain-medication/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

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> [I think it's overly simplistic to say that any one single strategy is going to really change the focus and change the trajectory of drug use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/i-think-it-s-overly-simplistic-to-say-that-any-one-single-strategy-is/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

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## Other authors on Drug use

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gabor-mate-36627.jpg) Gabor Maté 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drug-use/gabor-mat/)

## More by Michael Botticelli

> [Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/blunt-force-didn-t-knock-out-the-drug-epidemic-21-million-americans/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [One of the drivers of heroin has been the misuse of pain medication. If we're gonna deal with heroin and heroin use in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/one-of-the-drivers-of-heroin-has-been-the-misuse-of-pain-medication/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [Addiction is a brain disease. This is not a moral failing. This is not about bad people who are choosing to continue to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/addiction-is-a-brain-disease-this-is-not-a-moral-failing-this-is-not/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [Prescription drugs and heroin act in very similar ways on the brain. And, unfortunately, heroin, because of its widespread availability is a lot cheaper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/prescription-drugs-and-heroin-act-in-very-similar-ways-on-the-brain/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [If I, in some small way can help people to see that there is this huge, incredible life on the other side of addiction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/if-i-in-some-small-way-can-help-people-to-see-that-there-is-this-huge/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [Addiction is such an isolating incident in your life. You feel alone. And when you admit, when you come into a fellowship and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/addiction-is-such-an-isolating-incident-in-your-life-you-feel-alone/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [I think it's overly simplistic to say that any one single strategy is going to really change the focus and change the trajectory of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/i-think-it-s-overly-simplistic-to-say-that-any-one-single-strategy-is/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [People drink and do drugs for a reason. Cause it makes them feel good - until it doesn't anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/people-drink-and-do-drugs-for-a-reason-cause-it-makes-them-feel-good/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [We can't arrest and incarcerate addiction out of people. Not only do I think it's really inhumane, but it's ineffective and it cost us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/we-can-t-arrest-and-incarcerate-addiction-out-of-people-not-only-do-i/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [I would say that I probably had an unhealthy love affair with drinking. I grew up as this kind of insecure kid, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/i-would-say-that-i-probably-had-an-unhealthy-love-affair-with/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [I'm one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/i-m-one-of-23-million-americans-in-recovery-who-have-gone-on-to-live/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

> [The hallmark of addiction is that it changes your brain chemistry. It actually affects that part of your brain that's responsible for judgment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-botticelli/the-hallmark-of-addiction-is-that-it-changes-your-brain-chemistry-it/)

[Michael Botticelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-botticelli/)

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