One of the drivers of heroin has been the misuse of pain medication. If we're gonna deal with heroin and heroin use in the United States, we really have to focus on reducing the magnitude of the prescription drug use… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
One of the drivers of heroin has been the misuse of pain medication. If we're gonna deal with heroin and heroin use in the… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Addiction is a brain disease. This is not a moral failing. This is not about bad people who are choosing to continue to use… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Prescription drugs and heroin act in very similar ways on the brain. And, unfortunately, heroin, because of its widespread availability is a lot cheaper. — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
If I, in some small way can help people to see that there is this huge, incredible life on the other side of addiction,… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Addiction is such an isolating incident in your life. You feel alone. And when you admit, when you come into a fellowship and people… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I think it's overly simplistic to say that any one single strategy is going to really change the focus and change the trajectory of… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
People drink and do drugs for a reason. Cause it makes them feel good - until it doesn't anymore. — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
We can't arrest and incarcerate addiction out of people. Not only do I think it's really inhumane, but it's ineffective and it cost us… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I would say that I probably had an unhealthy love affair with drinking. I grew up as this kind of insecure kid, you know,… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I'm one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives. — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
The hallmark of addiction is that it changes your brain chemistry. It actually affects that part of your brain that's responsible for judgment. — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
