in the meantime the addicted brain deprived of a healthy amount of the dope amine intensely craves drugs. atickets described a need for drugs that feels like the need for oxygen, deprived of it, humans would kick, scratch and claw for a breath of air. because of a broken dope amine system, addicts can feel as if they're fighting for their lives and they may be. they'll lie, cheat and steal for more, even while their actions become more and more reprehensible. when i first heard ford described as the crack smoking mayor i chuckled but i thought about the reality of smoking crack. when as a teenager my son became addicted to methamphetamine and heroin he also ccused crack. i initially thought he was a self-ish, hedonist teenager, but i learned that he wasn't having a good time. he was in pain and using drugs in spite of a desire to stop. in the past few days, ford has