Chris Christie has been getting a lot of (well-deserved) attention for a speech he gave recently about addiction, and it’s easy to imagine looking back at this as a turning point in his campaign, like those featured in Slate’s Whistlestop podcast. I think there’s a lot to applaud here, but I think we have to recognize that it is an immensely complicated issue.

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