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19. But there are not enough beds in rehab facilities, and people who need rehab usually can't

afford it anyway. Besides, addiction is not what most people in America think it is. It is usually a response to hopeless circumstances.

Check out Dr. Carl Hart's book on the matter:

High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
http://www.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893

This page has a video interview with him (I am also excerpting the first paragraph of the intro to the video on that page):
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/6/drugs_arent_the_problem_neuroscientist_carl

"Drugs Aren’t the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths About Addiction

As we continue our conversation on the nationwide shift toward liberalizing drug laws, we are joined by the groundbreaking neuropsychopharmacologist Dr. Carl Hart. He is the first tenured African-American professor in the sciences at Columbia University, where he is an associate professor in the psychology and psychiatry departments. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse and a research scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. However, long before he entered the hallowed halls of the Ivy League, Hart gained firsthand knowledge about drug usage while growing up in one of Miami’s toughest neighborhoods. He recently wrote a memoir titled "High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society." In the book, he recalls his journey of self-discovery, how he escaped a life of crime and drugs and avoided becoming one of the crack addicts he now studies.

I also have two kids, now in their mid-thirties. My kids are tremendously successful professionals and happy with their lives and relationships, but I didn't have to lie to them about drugs to prevent them from being tempted into addiction. I just gave them an enriched, happy childhood so they didn't need drugs to dull pain and hopelessness of the sort that drives so many people into various forms of drug abuse and addiction.