The addiction to drugs which are available on the street is practically a symptom of contemporary life. Its frequency is not that unexpected, given the way that Hollywood glorifies drug use. In fact, it is difficult to draw the line between drug use and abuse, because once someone has developed the mind-set that illegal street drugs are acceptable for consumption, they’re already sliding into an inevitable slippery slope of abuse.
The problem is widespread, so much so that there are drug abuse rehab facilities which are located in every city in the US–not just in Hollywood. They’re not all the Betty Ford clinic, however. Some of them use some very harsh behavioral methodologies. In fact, nearly all rehab is cold turkey. (The exception is when going “cold turkey” is going to kill the addict. In that case, a prolonged hospitalization with the use of