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Interventions: useful tool in the battle against addiction

Many times families dealing with addiction have to turn to interventions.  Though there are many types the most famous is seen on television's A&E Intervention.  We're going to talk with two Las Vegas clinicians about interventions and their true effectiveness.  Plus, we ask if putting such stories on television is useful or just voyeristic.

 

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Candy Finnigan, one of the stars of A&E's Intervention

Dr. Mel Pohl, Las Vegas Recovery Center

Chris Gordon, Solutions Recovery, Inc.

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