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The same drug. morphine, the pain medication, exact same as heroin or oxycontin. >> thats not to say people cant get in trouble with the drugs. its simply to say we know how to decrease harm. >> carl, doesnt that take us to the issue of self-medication? we have a lot of people who in a broken health care system are looking for something to ease the pain and we have a lot of our drug problems in this country are legal drugs, right? >> if i could just -- back to the aclu report for a moment if i c...

The singers depression bubbled to the surface in the early 30s after "born run" and "darkness on the edge of town." ♪ >> reporter: in 1982, with a dark acoustic album "nebraska" he was falling deeper into depression. ♪ >> reporter: he was feeling suicidal, his friend dave marsh said, he was on a rocket ride from nothing to something. what helped him, he says, psychotherapy. he started seeing a therapist when the dark clouds gathered. ♪ >> reporter: springsteen calls his time on stage, the ...

cross be allowed t remove their body. marie colvin, the other was prize winning french photographer remiochlik. colvin was a frequent voice here, reporting on anderson cooper 360 just last night. >> reporter: every civilian house on the street was hit. this is kind of a poor, popular neighborhood. the top building of the floor im in -- the top floor of the building im in was toemt -- totally destroyed. free syrian army, they have rocket propelled grenades, but they dont have a base. >>...

Him over to those that despise him and the black community. i dont think this is help i think name calming is counter productive. i think the president has addressed issue. i think he can do more but i think it is not fair to say the president made a huge difference in the country. >> this is kind of inend areary language from corn el west, who is major academic in this country. more and more working people are beaten down. they are into self medication. they are turning on each other. they are ...

West recently said this. more and more working people are beaten down and they are world-weary. they are into self-medication. they are turning on each other. they are scapegoating the most vulnerable rather than confronting the most powerful. it is a profoundly human response to panic and catastrophe. i thought barack obama could have provided some way out but he lacks back bone. lets bring in the professor of african-american studies at princeton university, cornel west. great to have you on t...

My next guest professor cornell west recently said this. more and more working people are beaten down and they are world-weary. they are into self-medication. they are turning on each other. they are scapegoating the most vulnerable rather than confronting the most powerful. it is a profoundly human response to panic and catastrophe. i thought barack obama could have provided some way out but he lacks back bone. lets bring in the professor of african-american studies at princeton university, cor...

What weve seen is that compulsive spending is not based on what you make. a lot of people feel that, well, if youre wealthy, you have a lot of money, then you can just go ahead and buy whatever you want to buy. but it is not really about that. compulsive spending is almost like a self-medication. it makes you feel better when you go out there and spend. >> just for a short am of time it makes you feel better. >> you get that high right away, then of course the crashing low comes when you have to...

Back now with clinical psychologist jeff gardere. thanks for being here. talking about spending, compulsive versus impulsive spending. whats the difference here? >> impulsive spending is when youre not thinking about what youre doing. youre just going with the high, just going with the feeling. it looks good, let me do this and you arent thinking about the consequences. compulsive shopping is a lot more serious. this is an addiction, something that you have to do and more of that self-medication...

Was -- was by just basically shutting it out, locking it out. >> prince harry arrived at eaton, the prestigious boys boarding school the year after his mothers death. even though he moved into the same house as his older brother, william, harry reportedly struggled academically, and was miserable. >> diana always said that she never wanted harry to go to eaton because he would be compared to his brothers success. and she thought this would be the undoing of harrys confidence. >> prince harry say...

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