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We watch and listen to Big Pharma execs on television and find ourselves thinking, are these guys so different from a street corner drug dealer?

If addiction really is a brain disorder based in complex adaptations to a substance, then who’s to say those adaptations won’t occur with a different drug?

Not surprisingly, the vast majority of patients who drop out or otherwise leave maintenance programs return to heroin at rates of 80% or higher.

…struggles can actually serve as a disincentive to someone who knows you and is now beginning to peer uncertainly up their own long and bumpy road of life change.

But the repair isn’t cheap, and the outcomes require some patience. And that’s why efforts often fail. America gives up too early. 

The issue isn’t about getting stoned. It’s about whether the product is actually benefiting the customer who purchased it.

When he speaks, he reminds me of others I’ve known who come from families that fought and lost a battle with addictive disease.

I know how often the quest for business success has in the past overtaken and even overwhelmed the quest to deliver good services.

…healthcare advocates have to work extra hard while proponents of a more punitive approach simply point to a crime committed by a drug user…

It reminds me of the addicts who convince themselves that somehow, despite all the pain of the past, this time things will be different.