addict or not addict you have a response. you crave something.t involves the feeling of wanting something that feels good. look what happens when some of the substances come into the brain. drugs whatever they may be. the white particles are the feel-good chemical. they make you feel good and the brain lights up. it's the reward system. it's why people take the medications or substances. take a look at an addict versus non-addict. see the bright areas, they stay bright. it's important. they got the reward. in someone who is a drug abuser, look at the changes here. the reward didn't last long. imagine the solution. that person takes more and more substances to try to feel better. that's sort of the genesis of addiction. that's what it looks like inside the brain. it's simplistic in terms of how you look at addiction overall. it's what occurs in the brain. it explains why it's not easy for an addict to just say no. >>> something else i want to point out as well. that is young people are more resistant to injury and illness, but not necessarily addi

for our products are addictive. >> not addictive. >> not addictive. >> did this group discussed the need to state clearly the same words as you all did and the same words that nicotine is not addictive? >> that is outrageous. it is outrageous for you to assume that we talk about these issues. we are competitors. we are independent. we are fighting for survival in a legitimate marketplace. >> a very difficult for leaders to find you a disabled character after seven intelligent people tell the american people that cigarettes are not addictive. what could be more ridiculous? if we are skeptical, you understand why. >> you alluded to this earlier. why do you think it took so long for the congress or the government to do something about this? they have been studying this from quebec in the 1960's. >> the tobacco industry came together in 1953 and formed a very tight union, sort of. tobacco growers. they agreed to not let out any sign that would be incriminating to them to actively put up a public safety saying we are concerned about the health of our customers and to actively pledge to make -

addiction from the doctors addicted to the celebrity. fame as an addiction by itself.ave co-dependent dysfunctional relationships that initiate perpetuate and continue the problem. you don't have responsible people in this situation. if somebody had seen that behavior which you just showed, there should have been an intervention, yes. >> i agree. diane. >> i agree. some people don't know enough to know that -- they might think it's okay for them to have a glass of wine when you're an addict. she's not doing crack or coke. what's wrong with a glass of wine? a lot of people don't know that. >> deepak, you mentioned the fame itself is a drug. i totally concur. i have seen people wreck their lives to this addiction of being famous. it totally wrecks their lives. you have seen that, i know, for other people. what is the cure for that? how do you treat an addiction to fame? >> you have to realize that fame actually causes the same brain chemical changes as a drug does. you have to have counseling for a situation like that. it's very difficult. i have a rehab center, we have

if you're an addict in one thing are you an addict in all?to put your audience to sleep with this biology but it is a disorder of the deep region of the brain called the median forebrain bundle, and anything that triggers that award apparatus with an extra physiological biology triggers the disease of addiction. all chemicals that cause addiction share that potential. any of those things will reawaken the dragon. >> it's a tragic discussion to have but important one. dr. drew, appreciate it. sanjay as well. thank you. >> you got it. thanks. >> important to point out we don't know how whitney houston died or if drugs played a part. that said, drug abuse is a serious problem in this country. as sanjay said, one person in america dies every 19 minutes from prescription drug misuse. sanjay also pointed out, they're not all drug addicts. it is a very serious problem. let us know what you think. we're on facebook or google plus. add us to your twitter tonight. @andersoncooper is the address. >>> just ahead, janet jackson on the whitney houston she

how did the siblings avoid addiction? >> the brothers and sisters were not acted, they tell us they managed to overcome these problems. what they do in their daily lives helps them manage self control. >> the sisters were tested for self control. they share abnormalities in their brains, but have turned out so differently. the long-term goal is to make use of that knowledge, that will not be easy. >> it is not likely we will prevent all addictions come up this is a step along the way of identifying people who are at risk. at this stage, it does not really give us any answers as to how we can intervene. >> immediate benefits are not likely, but having a more clear idea of who is most vulnerable could help steer them away from a life of addiction. >> you have been watching "newsday" from the bbc. thank you very much for your company. bye-bye. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and u

you're watching people go in there that are drug addicts. they're drug addicts. a person is getting 180, 240 oxycontin, percocet, xanex. i mean, who possibly is in that much pain? (mariana) we wanted to get a look inside a pain clinic for ourselves. this time we decided to take a smaller camera. so this is a little undercover camera pen; there's a camera in here. we're gonna go into one of these pain clinics and just see what we can film. this is where were gonna put the little camera. how does it look? >>good. (mariana) there are about a dozen people inside the clinic mostly young. like most pain clinics in broward, they don't accept insurance. it's cash only. they only offer one course of treatment, drugs. >>it's a racket. you have to pay cash to be seen. you have to pay cash for your prescriptions. you have to pay cash for them to do an mri for you. once you know what the game is it's on. (mariana) word of florida's pain clinics has spread well beyond the state's borders. people from far away places now make regular pilgrimages to the sunshine state just to ge

what exactly does the brain of an addict look like?this idea that the brain of an addict is somehow different i think is pretty well proven. everyone has sort of an anticipatory response, meaning you crave something, you want something. take a look at the animation specifically. someone has a substance they're exposed to, maybe a drug, maybe even certain parts of food. those drugs, dopeamine. that's what you expect, that sense of euphoria, so to speak. now take a look at these images over here. on the left, that's what a normal brain should look like. it stays lit up. on the right, the addict brain starts to get a little dimmer again. why is that important? they don't have the sense of euphoria for that long after they take a substance. the result? you take more and more of the substance to try to get that sense of well-being. it's a little simplistic in the way we look at addiction, but it's that simple in the brain. >> so i guess one would have a predisposition? one would, from birth on, look like that? >> there are going to be certa

not addictive?e me do it. if slot machines caused addiction, then most people who played slot machines would develop addiction. and it's the opposite. >> but at one point, you said slot machines were the crack cocaine of gambling. >> i did say that. >> and how does that square with what you're telling me today? >> not everybody who uses crack cocaine becomes addicted. >> yeah, but nobody's gonna sit here and try to tell me crack cocaine isn't addictive. and if this is like crack cocaine, the conclusion is that it's addictive. >> i don't come to the same conclusion... >> how could you not? >> because the majority of people that have used cocaine have not developed cocaine addiction. only a small minority have. and the same would be true with gambling. >> the problem is that that small minority that does get addicted is hit hard. >> you are getting a little dose of gambling in your brain every three seconds. it's a gambling i.v., and there's a drip, drip, drip. >> doctors robert breen and henry lesieu

by comparing attics to their non-addicted siblings, british scientists -- addicts to their non-addicted siblings, british scientists have shown that drug addiction does run in families. but it is one of the great scourges of the modern world -- >> it is one of the great scourges of the modern world. what determined to get hooked? new research offers an answer. these sisters were brought together in the same troubled family. they describe how one stayed clean and the other did not. >> i was about 19. the people i was hanging around with influenced me. i did not get into the crack until i was 30. >> i just already knew that -- early on in my life -- there were certain things i wanted to go on to achieve. >> the study involved scanning s and their siblings. the aim was to see if there are biological clues to addiction in the brain. results are surprising. what is revealed by the research is potentially very useful. the siblings of addicts and addicts themselves share a certain abnormality in the brain of physical evidence that you can inherit conditions that put you at risk -- in the brain

disease of addiction but about the process of recovery. we are here to eliminate stigma and, most of all, we are here to celebrate you. we are here to celebrate recovery. (applause) texas recovers is puttin' on this event called the big texas rally for recovery. big texas rally for recovery. wow. this is huge, because texas, of course now, is a part of promoting recovery at a statewide level. we've got people from across the state showing up to present a positive face and voice of recovery. we want you to know that recovery is possible. say it loud, say it proud, "i am in recovery!" (crowd: i am in recovery!) it's so important that this event takes place, especially in texas. for so long, people in recovery have been hidden in church basements, and they've kept their anonymity, and everybody needs to know that people do recover and live successful, productive, wonderful lives. and this is one way we can make the public aware that recovery is real, and recovery is rewarding, and recovery restores health and families. the reality of recovery

is drug addiction hereditary? medical experts are one step closer to answering one of the most difficult questions in addiction treatment. the answer it seems is yes. by comparing attics to their non addictive siblings, british siblings have uncovered evidence suggesting that drug addiction does in fact run in families. we were given access to the research and we have the details. >> this is one of the great scourges of the modern world, addiction to drugs. what determines who gets hoo ked? there was is that it that focused on addicts and their siblings. these siblings described how one stayed clean and the other did not. >> i was 19. the people i was hanging around with, the influences. i did not get into the crack until i was 30. >> i think i already knew early on in my life that there were certain things i wanted to achieve. >> the study involves scanning 50 addicts and their siblings. theresa took part for a sister'' sake. the aim is to see if there are biological clues to addiction in the brain. the results a

so how do siblings avoid addiction? >> those who cannot have an addiction problems, they can tell us how to overcome these problems. how they managed self control in daily life. >> sophia and theresa were tested for self control. they share abnormalities in their brains, but turned out so differently. the long-term goal is to make use of that knowledge, but it will not be easy. >> we do not believe that we will prevent all addiction, but this is a step in identifying people who are at risk. at this stage, it does not really give us any answers as to how we do that. >> immediate benefits are not likely, but having a clear idea of who is most vulnerable could help steer them away from a life of addiction. >> you have been watching newsday from the bbc in singapore. >> i am in london. thank you for your company. i will be back in a couple of minutes with the latest news headlines. for the moment, thank you indeed for your company. bye-bye. >> makes sense of international news @ bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by

a lot of them are not addicts. the addicts may have a higher tolerance. so maybe it takes more, but in someone who doesn't do this and they have an accidental overdose, i think this is an important message. what anderson is saying the average person thinks it is not a great idea but it is not going to kill me. >> i believe this whitney houston is not going to be doctor shopping. she didn't have to shop. she as an addict was given benzodiazepine she should not have had it and not only one but three kinds and if those were what is in the bathroom, neither you or i can think of any circumstance where any patient should have all of these medications. >> we will have more in a moment. the notion of the dangers of mixing something like a sleeping pill with even two glasses of wine i find eye opening. we will talk about that after the break and dig deeper in to celebrity culture and how it maybe a destructive force in the life of a recovering addict. let us know what you think. join us on facebook, google+ or twitter @andersoncooper. i will be sweet tweeting in

but i do know that you are a recovering addict. i've talked to you on the show about this before in depth and i know it is crucial to you that you stay on the straight and narrow. i think i would feel a responsibility not to give you that drink and -- >> that's what needs to happen. >> i think more people need to do that. if it was a very good friend of mine, absolutely no way. what staggers me about whitney houston is she was right at the end surrounded by very, very close people to her. that she has known a long time. who know her issues and are allowing her to carry on. that, to me, is inexcusable. >> that's the right answer. >> whitney houston twice the week before she died was seen drinking in major los angeles hotel at 10:00 in the morning, complaining about the drinking not being strong enough. rolling out of nightclubs in the early hours with what looks like blood, may have been red wine dripping down her legs, drinking champagne all night with people who pop up on television saying she was fine. she's an addict doing this.

she's an addict doing this. >> there are pressures. there's enormous amount of pressure for all of us in life, in general. who is going to be held accountable? obviously, i have to hold myself accountable. i have to stay sober. i have a family and i have a lot of reasons to stay sober. most of all to myself. who is going to be accountable? who is handing these people champagne, alcohol, pills, cocaine? who is writing the scripts? who is keeping them on the road or off the road? who are they and how do we hold them accountable? that's the question there. how do we hold them accountable? >> that's the question. nikki sixx. thank you very much. >>> coming up, the worst thing about hitting rock bottom is there's another rock bottom waiting for you, that's daniel baldwin. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use

"it's not addictive? >> not addictive. >> in the 1970's, they wanted to remove nicotine from cigarettes and replace it with a drug equally addictive. they had all of these molecules they invented, but they had no way to test them. that was my job. find a molecule where the brain would say i like it and the heart would not have any cardiovascular problems. >> sunday night, a discussion with the subject of "addiction inc.." 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. "this president's date on c- span former navy seal talked about his new book on the mission that resulted in the killing of osama bin laden. >> by august, these factoids had metastasized into a story. the helicopters arrived like the keystone kops. finally, shooting our way through the buildings of the first port -- first floor where they shot a man's wife in cold blood. that was the seal team mission to me. talking to the guys on the scene, this thing was over in 120 seconds. it is quite a different story. >> see his remarks as part of our prime-

the point you make time and time again that they should be, for an addict, an addict is more likely to take extra. to take more than the doctor has told him to take? >> that's right. and it doesn't take much extra, by the way. in their mind they're probably taking it "as prescribeled." and their perception is that it's safe. she's alleged to have had valiuvalium lor raz pam and zanex. >> one is that you always hear from the doctor when you get these pills don't take it with alcohol. and i think it's been this perception that that's not a great idea but i'll be fine if i do. >> i'll tell you've taken things that i wasn't supposed to take with alcohol with alcohol and thought, how bad can it be? like an am beyen or something like that? >> 1 in 20 people do this over the age of 12, these are alarm st statistics. 1 in 20 people misuse the medication. take too much, take it the wrong way or combine it with other things and a lot of them aren't addicts. the addicts may have a higher tolerance so maybe it takes more but for someone who doesn't do that and they have an accidental overdose this

a lot of them are not addicts. the addicts may have a higher tolerance. maybe it takes more than somebody who doesn't do this and have an accidental overdoze. it's an important message. the average person thinks it's not a great idea but it's not going to kill me. >> whitney houston is not going to be doctor shopping. she doesn't have to shop. she should not have had the medication. three different kinds. if that's what was in the bathroom, neither you or i can think of a circumstance where any patient should have all three of those medications. >> the notion of the dangers of mixing a sleeping pill with two glasses of wine is eye-opening. we'll dig deeper into celebrity culture and how it's a force in the life of a recovering addict. follow me on twitter@andersoncooper. later video out of syria. a child fleeing as a sniper takes aim at the child. unbelievable. it's not all that's happening. we are keeping them honest. we are there on the ground in homs. in the works package, we change the oil we change the filter... tire rotation, suspension, we make sus

is substance, addiction to drugs and alcohol a disease or an addiction?r of the book, "weekends at bellevue." and dr. brian russell. dr. russell, you believe it's a free-will situation, mostly on the substaps abuse? >> yes. here's why the disease label doesn't work. three reasons. it's an insult to people with breast cancer. it doesn't help addicts because when you absolve someone of personal responsibility for starting a problem, you simultaneously disempower to stop the problem. and third, it doesn't distinguish between desire and behavior. if you want to call the desire to keep doing something that is destroying you a mental illness, then fine. but it doesn't force anyone to pick up a substance and ingest it. when the person does that, that is volition at work, not a disease process. >> bill: okay. but studies have shown that certain people in their family histories and dna, whatever it may be, have a more intense physiological makeup toward addiction. whereas -- >> that's all it is. >> bill: right. >> that's all it is. >> bill: they dpoapt become alco