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Not significantly impact on the course of his illness. its an opiate addict loic any opiate addict. someone that struggles with addiction early in life, is unusual to see your 50s. unusual to see 50s. sounds like with the history, i much preferred -- speaking pout this, god only knows, but he had an addiction early in life, opiates, long periods of sobriety and relapse. thats tough to treat. in a way they know so much about recovery and take advantage of that. its a treacherous time. if he had a...

Myself. if i go out there and get on drugs, theres no way ill make it. i know that. theres no ifs, ands or buts. but if i use this program to my advantage and i get some good foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch ahold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they get out, theyre still going to have to have a strong support system when they get out, or theyll relapse. they do need to have a family...

Certainty that he will relapse and do this again. weve not yet heard the last of him until something drastic happens and he has a moment of clarity where he can access and do something active, some sort of treatment to get him off of this merry-go-round, this will continue. >> zblooep it seems like, i mean, it is the ultimate denial. he is in denial. that looks like a moment of crisis, dr. drew. >> it is a moment. weve seen multiple moments of crises. my gravest fear is it will take years of tha...

Foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch ahold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they get out, theyre still going to have to have a strong support system when they get out, or theyll relapse. they do need to have a family support system or some type of support system to hold them accountable when they get out. >> with ten months left on his sentence left, josey turner will miss one of the bigg...

Debate that plagues all arguments, not just ones about drugs. you know its pointless when someone says, but it happened to me. i know. i was one. see jenny mccarthy, subjective experience is good but it aint proof. the point of science is to override subjectivity like miracles, your personal experience must be verifiable. it doesnt mean you dont have answers. it just means you need the facts, too. perrys right. but the word "disease" bugs me for as the night winds down, i can throw my cocaine, m...

See jenny mccarthy, subjective experience is good but it aint proof. the point of science is to override subjectivity like miracles, your personal experience must be verifiable. it doesnt mean you dont have answers. it just means you need the facts, too. perrys right. but the word "disease" bugs me for as the night winds down, i can throw my cocaine, my vodka, my rare german pornography out the window. i have. but you cannot do the same thing with cancer. that kind of disease rages independent o...

Nick wilkins lives in virginia, and he had had chemotherapy, he was diagnosed at age 4. chemotherapy and it came back. he then got a bone marro transplant from his older sister. still the cancer came back. he and his parents were at the end of the road. there was nothing left to try. when they found out about this ching cal trial in pennsylvania, he got the treatment in may, its decent. he is now cancer free. of course everyone is praying that he doesnt relapse like he did before. now, its inter...

Characterize what this offenses them. >> these patients relapsed twice. i asked doctors is this relapse different. hes in remission for the third time. they said, elizabeth, we cant promise that, we dont know. but theres some reason to be hopeful. when they look at nicholass bone marrow they can see the t cells are there and robust. they are hoping that gives him -- >> given thats a more permanent, a more durable treatment. >> exactly. >> youre essentially reengineering your bodys immune system....

Relapsed twice. i asked the doctors, is this relapse any different? hes in remission now for the third time. i said, will this be different? he said, we cant promise it, we can hope. but theres some reason to be really quite hopeful, because when they look at his bone marrow they actually can see the t-cells are there and active and robust and so theyre really hoping that gives him -- >> given that theyre there, thats a more permanent or at least of a feeling of a more durable treatment. >> exac...

The first anniversary of the tragedy is ten days from today. releasing the recordings from that morning of calls to the newtown police department came only after a long and contentious lawsuit by several news organizations including cnn. many people are upset by that decision to release the tapes. they fear the 911 calls will reopen old wounds and trigger relapse in the emotional trauma. deborah feyerick joins us from new york right now. deb, why did the judge order that these calls, the tapes, ...