Some Things You May Not Know About Addiction

When You Stop Using Your Drug, You Find the Real Issue

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“Ask one of the patients at your unit if you could interview him,” my professor said, giving me a tape recorder. “Ask him if he would tell you why he uses drugs.”

I said I would. I was ready. I wanted to know why people use drugs. I was an intern at a chemical dependency…