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This article was first published in the Addiction Professional. What patients and their families should look for when seeking out behavioural health services. “You’re an idiot, Hokemeyer. Actually, let me clarify that. You’re a *** idiot.” I was sitting across the room from a senior executive of a...

By Paul Leslie Hokemeyer, JD, PHD Privilege and adolescent addictions Perhaps the most prevalent cultural myth in America is that money and professional success are the salves that heal what ails us. When substance abuse strikes in a culture of affluence, the American dream of wealth and...