That guy wasn’t me – that guy was an addict. Ray Donovan s3e1: The Kalamazzo, bloke from brother to Day, Showtime 2013
It’s a surprise party for people who have addictions. And you get in their face and you scream at them and you make them feel really badly about themselves. And then they stop. The Office US s5e11: Moroccan Christmas, Michael’s idea for party, NBC 2008
In the Shrute family we believe in a five fingered intervention: awareness, education, control, acceptance, and punching. ibid. Dwight
As it happens you can’t just check someone into rehab against their will. They have to do it voluntarily. They have to hit rock bottom. So I think what I need to do at this point. I need to find ways to push Find ways to push Meredith to the bottom. I think I can do it. I did it with Jan. ibid. Michael
I figured I’d get that first relapse out of the way. The Office US s9e6: The Boat, brother of Andy to Andy
This plastic surgery addiction syndrome is not that uncommon. Dr Rod Rohrich
Mary Harton is addicted to sugar – she eats an average of 2 lbs (1 kg) of it every day. Ripley’s Believe It or Not?
I believe nicotine is not addictive – yes. William Campbell of Philip Morris 14th April 1994
Cigarettes and nicotine clearly do not meet the classic definitions of addiction. James Johnson of R/R Tobacco
Nicotine is addictive: we are in the business of selling an addictive drug. R J Reynolds, 1975
Happily for the tobacco industry ... nicotine is both habituating and unique in its variety of physiological actions. R J Reynolds, 1975
250,000 addicts in New York City. American Gangster: Nicky Barnes, BET 2006
The Black Rock City Foundation for Withdrawal Symptoms Awareness is here to help … Follow these simple steps: Watch the sunset, wear a dress (c’mon it’s fun), express yourself … There is life beyond Burning Man and anything is possible … JoyCamp online: Burning Man Withdrawals
A place of unparalleled fertility, life, vibrancy, prosperity, music, cheer – I’m talking about Punjab … This state is in jeopardy like it’s never been before … We’re talking about a hurricane of drugs … Today, 73.5% of the entire youth population of Punjab is addicted to drugs. Glut: The Untold Story of Punjab, 2010
The streets are infested with pedlars. ibid.
Which is smuggled into India through the 553-kilometre-long international borders shared with Pakistan. ibid.
We will find villages with seemingly nobody ill, no hospitals in the vicinity, but plenty of pharmacy shops. ibid.
‘No-one’s left alive. This isn’t life.’ ibid. mother
That makes Punjab one of the highest per capita consumers of liquor in the world. ibid.
Rick Kirkham shot over 3,000 hours of film and video. He never watched any of it. Rick was born in Oklahoma City 1958. Rick had the perfect family. TV Junkie, captions, 2006
While covering drug raids [as a reporter], the police introduced Rick to crack cocaine. Rick’s story on the Nasty Boys gained nationwide attention. In 1988 he was hired to report for Inside Edition. ibid.
May 9th 1993: I am checked in as an impatient in the chemical dependency unit. ibid. Rick on video
And that’s how horrible the addiction is: and yet it takes over your mind. ibid. Rick on crack
This addiction is gonna kill me. The terrible thing is you don’t think about your family, your friends, your career. ibid.
Very raw and animalistic … How can something be so euphoric and good and so terrible; you do it you know it can kill ya. ibid.
It’s totally debilitating. ibid.
I’m a video junkie. ibid.
7 years now I’ve done basically at least three nights a week if not more. ibid.
I got the letter from Inside … Terminated because of non-diligent and unfaithful service. ibid.
Ricky, your mamma is trying to send your daddy to jail. ibid.
8.50 in the morning and Rick’s not home. ibid. Tammy
I’ve virtually destroyed my life. ibid.
After ten days Rick returns home from his second rehab. ibid.
They filed for divorce. ibid.
When Ben Rogers first picked up a camera he didn’t know he was about to film the last two years of his life. Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict, Sky 2008
When Ben Rogers began filming his life he’d been battling his addiction for fourteen years. ibid.
His veins were so damaged he had to inject into his groin. ibid.
A lot of Ben’s life was a lie … Just about Ben. ibid. sister
Ben was diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis. ibid.
I know I’m dying … I hate it. ibid. Ben
I’ve never been a bad person. ibid.
The next day Ben Rogers checked himself into the Detox Unit at Harplands Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent. He died 24 hours later from a brain haemorrhage caused by withdrawal from drugs. ibid. caption
It’s never going to stop. When one dealer gets caught there’s five more waiting to take his spot. Dopesick: Fentanyl’s Deadly Grip aka Fentanyl: The Drug Deadlier than Heroin, opening scene, Vice 2016
It’s the devil’s pill. ibid. addict
It doesn’t last long so you’re sick again … Fentanyl, you can withdraw like three times a day. ibid.
The deaths for Fentanyl is outrageous. ibid. dude
In 2015 close to 300 people died from Fentanyl in Alberta. Many of these deaths were caused by bootleg, non-pharmaceutical pills. ibid. caption
Because it’s such a powerful and toxic opiate, the withdrawal syndrome is also quite pronounced. ibid. Doctor
Twelve friends in two years. ibid. addict
I’ve been addiction to heroin and methadone for twenty years. Detox or Die, BBC 2004
I was devoted to heroin like a convert to a new faith. It might sound weird but being a junkie gave me a sense of identity. ibid.
I am utterly sick of being an addiction. ibid.
I made a conscious decision to become a junkie. ibid.
It really wasn’t that great. ibid.
93% of addicts in traditional treatment relapse into Meth abuse. Detox or Die, caption, BBC 2004
‘Spice just hits you like a truck; it just knocks you out.’ The Hard Lives of Britain’s Synthetic Marijuana Addicts, addict, Vice 2015
Although manufacturers state on the packet they’re not fit for human consumption, legal highs are used recreationally, and they make the press when students overdose on them. ibid.
A real dependency on legal highs. ibid.
‘I’m in that much pain.’ ibid. addict
The United States represents 5% of the world’s population. But consumes more than 50% of the world’s pharmaceuticals. And 80% of the world’s prescription narcotics. American Addict, 2016
Are prescription drugs less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes? ibid.
‘We’ve turned the corner on drug addiction in the United States.’ ibid. Nixon
‘In the first six months of 2008 67% of the Oxycodone nationwide that was put out by dispensing practitioners came out of Broward County, Florida.’ ibid. expert
One of many Pharma lobbies contributed over 1.5 million to President Bush for the 2000 campaign. ibid.
‘Drug companies influence the regulatory agencies.’ ibid.
The FDA employs 13,000 people. ibid.
‘Particularly since 1992 most of the funding for reviewing drugs comes directly in cash payments from the drug industry to the FDA.’ ibid.
Prescription Drug Use Free Act of 1992: Congress required drug companies to pay fees of half a million dollars and up to the FDA with each new drug application. ibid. caption
Leading Causes of Death in US: 1) Heart Disease; 2) Cancer; 3) Stroke; 4) Adverse Events From Medications. ibid.