Word: helfrich
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mystique seems in part to derive from breaking the law. "The risk taking is luring them in," says Antoinette Helfrich, coordinator of the University of Colorado's busy coke-abuse clinic. Even when Steve, 30, a Miami land salesman, was arrested for possession and found himself in jail overnight, it was, like, you know, a real trip. "I was with vagrants, drunks and car thieves," he says. "It was unreal, bizarre, like The Twilight Zone. "The glamour of outlawry, with the ante upped considerably, is also an attraction for many dealers and even some smugglers. Says a DEA official...
...clinic provides weekly crisis-oriented psychotherapy sessions to all patients, recommending life-style changes-finding new, nonsnorting friends for example-and helping them to understand the reasons for their habit. Cocaine is not, strictly speaking, physically addictive. But, says Clinic Coordinator Antoinette Helfrich, it has a "reinforcing nature-people want more and more." The self-blackmail contract seems to stir up the resources necessary to break the cycle. The key, says Helfrich, is that "patients have a reason not to do the drug that is stronger than any reason...