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Their finger at bobby brown for his wifes mounting troubles with drugs. >> i hate to say that she had started before she had met bobby brown. >> and houstons increasingly erratic behavior played out in front of the cameras in the short-lived reality show "being bobby brown" but when brown spoke to cnn in 2005 he insisted that he and his famous wife were finally sober. >> i am working on a year and a half of sobriety and my wife is working on her year, and we are doing good. im proud of her. >> a...

It doesnt matter how good youre doing, how good you are, you could relapse, too. >> eric sorkin wrote a fascinating piece in which he said about addiction, he had a conversation with phipil seymour hoffman who said when we die, thats going to save ten people from dying from addiction. but by covering this, by covering this tragedy, we are bringing to light tissue of -- >> but i have a problem with that argument. the "new york times" a day or two after the death has a page story, hoffmans heroine...

With mr. hoffman. he went back into treatment because he felt he was going to somehow relapse or start using again. how do you -- do you always feel vulnerable? >> yeah. addiction is marked by an obsession of the mind, a physical allergy and underneath that is wrestlesness. i dont deal with the obsession to deal and drink and im not dealing with the allergy because its not been in my system 17 years. on a daily basis, i need to keep in check or i will be vulnerable to return to active addiction....

As part of the lifestyle. theyre not necessarily judged the way much of society looks at drugs. >> reporter: a month of rehab here can exceed $45,000 but look past all the spa-like pools, dard dense and gourmet meals and youll see an alarming trend. they say the rate of opiate addiction here among clients is five times greater than it was a decade ago. a quarter of those patients are hooked on heroin. among addicts in show business hoffman was viewed as an exception, apparently kicking the habit...

That 25% of the people that go into these centers have heroin or other opiate addictions that. has increased five times. that is a stratospheric statistic. why is it so popular? >> its so easy to get. the things theyre lacing it with today with the fentanyl its making it more fatal. its really about once you know somebody that has an addiction, making sure that they are held accountable to their recovery process. and its not a ten-day process. its a long-term process. like doctor diversion progr...

And cnn has learned vinebergs cell phone had hoffmans phone number stored in it. >> hes honestly one of the nicest people ive ever met. smart, yeah. he goes out of his way to be nice. >> reporter: vineberg is a jazz musician, well-known in the downtown club scene. he uses the stage name robert aaron and has appeared with the rapper wyclef jean. supporters posting comments on his facebook page such as "thinking of you". investigators still trying to determine if vineberg or any of the suspects so...

Charges. a law enforcement source saying they found the largest amount of drugs in his apartment. and cnn has learne vinebergs cell phone had hoffmans phone number stored in it. >> hes honestly one of the nicest people ive ever met. smart, yeah. he goes out of his way to be nice. >> reporter: vineberg is a jazz musician, well-known in the downtown club scene. he uses the stage name robert aaron and has appeared with the rapper wyclef jean. supporters posting comments on his facebook page such as...

And often in my world, the relapse usually gets going because of prescription meds. they are given a psycho stimulant and no one alerts them your disease is going to reawaken. and they find their way back to their drug of choice, theyre deeply ashamed and off they go. >> you and i went out in, i cant remember, i think it was 97, out to brooklyn. you brought me to a heroin shooting gallery. are those shooting galleries still where people go, or have those been closed down? >> those have been clos...

Individuals that run a service to a specific client. some are a big organization. some its just one person on some can be a small group. >> explain, dr. drew, you deal with people that face addiction. i cant get over somebody that sought treatment at age 22, had this extraordinary career. and now at 46, dies from -- >> you try to get your head around this. i love the drug culture, where you talk about drug culture, this is what were talking about. but phillip seymour hoffman had terrible addicti...

Actor. like a lot of stars, he didnt seek to reveal himself. we heard about the rehab, we thought everybody was behind him. all of a sudden on super bowl sunday we get hit with this news. not only the fans are stunned but people in hollywood who knew him are pretty stunned as well. >> it seems like there is an attitude of look the other way when it comes to substance abuse in many industries, julie, and hollywood is one of them. i mean, theyre artists, they do what they need to do to find their ...