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On sobriety. >> clean and sober is one of the biggest mistakes this countrys ever made. i know its a hold your hand idealistic point of view that somehow, magically, i mean, god , some of you, if you like me, ive been known to have a glass of wine at night watching some of the nightly news. >> we all need to self medicate periodically. >> we all need to self medicate periodically. now we have a country in which virtually everyone is self medicating. all the time, very often with the help of doct...

The doctor who found his calling and inspiration on the streets. here is harry smith. >> reporter: two nights a week for 30 years, dr. jim oconnell has done exactly this. >> remember me from before? how you, by the way? whats going on? >> reporter: fulfilling the healers oath with bostons homeless. this patient tonight michael tells us he spent a good portion of his life in prison. >> you look great. >> reporter: as his regrets spill out, oconnell tends to the cut hand. >> thank you. >> reporter...

Idea? no social science to suggest it works. happened all across europe it destroyed people. what is the motive? i dont understand? >> i mean it is really crazy. you have to remember also, very active effort in the united states to shut down cigarette smoking. we got rid of smoking areas opening up fentanyl areas. people addicted to hard drugs and should be enabled in their disease to self-medicate. it is playing out at the federal level. >> at the same time these same people are telling us it i...

Theres no social science to suggest it works. this happened all acrosss. europe, 30 years ago in zurich, most famously, and they were shut down because it destroyed people. so on what basis are they doingo this? whatsyed the motive? >> i dont understand. o reme i mean, itmb is really crazy. vr i mean, you have to remember also there is a very activees t effort in the united states to shut down cigarette smoking. we actually got rid of smoking areas. we dont allow smoking. and now theyre opening ...

Now its sentencing time for mr. reed and in a letter, to the judge in this case, william reid writes, i am clearly flawed but my issue is down from a single problem: i drink to self medicate. people close to me, including former girlfriends have told me that for years. i never less, and i rationalized. i never listened. that sounds a lot like his hero, donald trump. that sounds a lot like donald trumps field general on january six, elmer stewart rhodes. william reades lawyer filed a sentencing m...

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Resources for them and parents need to provide those resources for the kids if they are struggling and want to try to self-medicate or experiment they need to talk to them and telling their sons and daughters what to do if they are approached. they need to have a strategy, exit strategy if a friend tries to pressure them or somebody try to sell them so they know what to do. if they have a plan theyll likely follow the plan than succumb to the pressure. >> sandra: something so close to your heart...

I have more treatment to go but i feel things — i have more treatment to go but i feel things are moving in the right direction — feel things are moving in the right direction. it seems like i finally have _ direction. it seems like i finally have a — direction. it seems like i finally have a chance of getting my life back— have a chance of getting my life back again. this appears to be a really— back again. this appears to be a really promising treatment, clearly we need _ really prom...

Because heres the scary part. we joke around about some of the other stuff. but there is a real consequence on physical health, to. and this was something pointed out by our folks here at nbc news. they found that anti vaccine groups are encouraging patients to leave the icus, so that they can actually self medicate with unproven treatments at home. facebook claims theyre cracking down on these dangerous messages. but the reality is they just cant do it fast enough. what do you think needs to be...

If the profit model is outrage, what do we do? we have to eventually look tho to doing something that senator elizabeth warren has said and get to big technical and make sure that are multiple people getting us to click. >> theres a lot of outrage to go around. no one should have a monopoly on outrage. it seems that facebook isnt just bad for our mental health. we joke around about some of the other stuff about fomo but there is a real consequence on physical health, too. this was put out by fol...