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Shatterproof founder and CEO Gary Mendell discusses how he left his job as a hotel industry executive to create the organization after his son died of an opioid overdose in 2011. He and WSJ’s Tanya Rivero also discuss the science of addiction and how it grows inside the body.

Originally published 3/6/17 and can be found http://on.wsj.com/2mY1Kuj

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