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Changing the way we treat heroin and opioid addiction
Most people celebrate their twenty-first birthday by drinking alcohol legally for the first time. For my twenty-first in 1993, I tried heroin for the first time. All it took was a small-scale, but measured, injection, with the assistance of a friend. Only seconds...
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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...
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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...
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