Addiction Isn’t A Secret
Addiction is a very isolated disease. It thrives in secrecy. Reaching out for help is key to both the addict and the family. If your drug use as become uncontrollable, reach out for help. YOU CANNOT RECOVER ALONE. Use your supports; call your local treatment center...
The Heroin Epidemic: It’s Our Problem, Not Their Problem
I have been in the media a lot lately educating the public on addiction and recovery. When Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose, I was called by Don Lemon to speak about my own heroin addiction and recovery on a show called Heroin: 100 years of...
Why All the Fuss? Heroin Facts.
Heroin: Invented 1874 Sold by Bayer in 1898: Aspirin was sold by prescription only at this time; heroin was sold over the counter as a cough sedative. Where does it come from? Columbia, Mexico, Thailand, Laos, Afghanistan and Pakistan Columbia became a major contender...Read David Cohen’s Blog Column
