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The Opioid Epidemic Presents a Moral Crisis For Doctors

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These are today's best ideas

1. For doctors, the opioid epidemic presents a deepening moral crisis.

By Jay Baruch in STAT News

2. How veterans are helping ease America’s teacher shortage.

By Madeleine Deliee in the Week

3. The argument for medical cannabis is on shaky ground.

By Elizabeth Finkel in Cosmos

4. Your mindset can impact your health more deeply than you think.

By Alia Crum at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

5. Strangers can hijack your computer to mine for cryptocurrency.

By Lily Hay Newman in Wired

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