Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehabilitation System

An in-depth study follows five addicts as they make their way through the maze of treatement and drug-rehab policies, detailing their experiences with therapy, the courts, and prison cells; exploring the links between addiction, mental illness, and trauma; and calling for a much-needed reform of the entire rehab system and approach.

Lonny Shavelson is a writer, photojournalist, and physician whose articles and photographs have appeared in the New York Times, People, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, and many other publications. He is the author of A Chosen Death and lives in Berkeley, California.