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In fact, most people who overdose and die after treatment, it happens within the first weeks or month for exactly that reason. which is why when we look back on what happened to mr. monteith in this tragedy not only is it incredibly sad, it's horrific, what can we say, but it also is criminal. it borders on malpractice that we -- a doctor -- that professionals will send someone out of treatment without the proper aftercare, without discharging them with a plan. we have life-saving technology. we have medications that would have helped in a case like this. >> what are those, david? >> well, the...

>> the 31-year-old actor died a month ago in a vancouver hotel room from a drug overdose involving heroin and alcohol. cory monteith was very open about his long-time struggle with substance abuse and voluntarily checked himself into rehab in march of this year. in the upcoming season of "glee" a network executive has revealed the show will "deal directly with drug addiction and with the circumstances surrounding cory's death." joining me now, david schef, author of "clean: overcoming addiction and ending america's greatest tragedy." david, i want to go to something that i read recently in a p...

But they increase the risks that someone is going to be able to stay sober, that they won't relapse dramatically. these are block -- they're opiate blockers, that they take away the craving and they block an addict from getting high after treatment. and there's no reason why anyone in his position, in mr. monteith's position should not be treated with these medications that work. >> and david, is the -- is there a course of treatment with those kinds of medications where they get ramped down over time, or is the notion that you would stay with them for a protracted period of time? >> no, most ...

It was 1973. on the outside, john lennon seemed to have it all. but underneath, he was spiraling down a dangerous path. >> john was a mess. >> writer david schef had unusual access to the len nons, spending weeks interviews them. >> he spent living this crazy, crazy wild life, making records, traveling, performing. >> heroin and alcohol provided his escape from the pressures of fame. >> in those years that we're supposed to grow up, supposed to mature, he was with the beatles. you can imagine what that was like. and he lost it eventually. he was miserable. >> yoko ono also struggled. blamed fo...