dr. peter grinspoon -- joining us is dr. peter grinspoon.ou come from the opioid problem in a unique perspective as a doctor and former addict. guest: i am a primary care doctor and work at an inner-city clinic in boston. i take care of a lot of people who suffer from opioid addiction, but i have somewhat of a unique perspective on this issue because i am also in recovery. i have been in recovery for about 10 years. when i was in medical school, i got into a lot of trouble with vicodin or hydrocodone. i started experimenting with it drugdical school and every affects people differently. the first time i took hydrocodone, it made me euphoric and, unfortunately, i spent the next 10 years of my life trying to re-create the euphoria i experienced the first time i tried hydrocodone. this addiction to opiates worsened and played me throughout medical school and residency and that ended up doing well as a doctor, but at the same time, my addiction progressed and ended up getting into a lot of trouble. i wrote a memoir about this, but i got into a l