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Violence against women is overlooked in its role in opioid epidemic

  • Written by Nabila El-Bassel, Professor of Social Work, Director of Social Intervention Group, Columbia University
Women who are sexually assaulted by their partners or other men sometimes turn to opioids to numb themselves.Tinnakomjorruang/Shutterstock.com

One night, a woman I’ll call Tonya got a compliment from a guy when she was out with her boyfriend. Tonya’s boyfriend cursed her because another man had complimented her. He said: “You...

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