Jean-Michel Basquiat
1988
This morning as I opened my Facebook feed there came across an article republished to Alternet by the British journalist John Hari entitled The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered and It Is Not What You Think. Having grown up around addiction and having many friends who have succumbed to them by overdose or suicide, this was an obvious link to click.
While there is no shortage of discussion online about the drug war and addiction issues, I found this article refreshingly forward. It's a passionate distillation of what Hari has learned in the course of writing his new book Chasing the Scream in which he details his worldwide exploration of the nature of addiction, addicts and the brutal effects of the 100 year-old War on Drugs. Join me over the fold for a look.