Peddling Drugs and Selling Sobriety

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Beit T'shuvah

March 13, 2013

By Ben Spielberg

As I halfheartedly worked on a paper on Sunday night, an infomercial on Comedy Central piqued my interest. It was some type of advertisement for recovery. However, like most treatment centers flaunting late-night commercials, there was a catch.

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