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The Hunting of Billie Holiday

January 21, 2015, 4:54 am

Politico, one of the leading US news sources, has run an extract from ‘Chasing The Scream’ To read the extract, click here (the link opens in a new window)… Read more

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The Real Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered – And It Is Not What You Think

January 22, 2015, 11:41 pm

You can read this article, based on the book, at the Huffington Post.… Read more

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Addicts’ Lives Matter. We Need A Radical Change in Attitude – and Approach

January 26, 2015, 10:37 am

My latest article for the Huffington Post is up.… Read more

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I will be speaking at various places in the US and Canada

January 26, 2015, 12:22 pm

On the evening of the 29th January (blizzard permitting) I will be speaking at Politics and Prose in Washington DC; on lunchtime of the 30th I will be speaking at the 92nd Street Y; on February 4th in...

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If the war on drugs had ended, Philip Seymour Hoffman would likely still be...

January 31, 2015, 8:00 am

My latest article for the Huffington Post is here. To watch and listen to my recent media appearances, check out my Twitter feed – I am tweeting most of them.… Read more

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You can now watch my favourite event discussing the book so far, on C-Span

April 5, 2015, 4:45 am

It was at the wonderful Red Emma’s bookstore in Baltimore. You can watch here. You can watch a whole load of other videos of me being interviewed or talking about addiction and the drug war here.… Read...

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I’m speaking in the UK, US, Australia, Mexico & Denmark in second half of 2015

July 10, 2015, 7:13 am

I’m speaking in a range of places this year. In late August I’m speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Scotland. In early September I’m speaking at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in...

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