Maia Szalavitz, Author at Reason.com

How Synanon revolutionized drug treatment and poisoned the politics of prohibition.

Maia Szalavitz | 9.21.2017 6:00 AM

The pain issue shows why medical policy should be left to the states.

Maia Szalavitz | 10.3.2007 12:11 PM

How a 'child advocate' gamed the media

Maia Szalavitz | 8.24.2007 4:30 PM

The former governor's connections to abusive "tough love" camps

Maia Szalavitz | 6.27.2007 3:35 PM

How the "boot camp" industry tortures and kills kids

Maia Szalavitz | 12.28.2006 1:34 PM

How one physician escaped the panic over prescription drugs

Maia Szalavitz | 6.2.2006 4:43 PM

Why talk to a shrink if Prozac or Zoloft will do the trick?

Maia Szalavitz | 10.1.2005 12:00 AM

Drug warriors put the fear of prosecution in physicians who dare to treat pain.

Maia Szalavitz | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

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