He died from heroin (addiction)

February 7, 2014February 28, 2022 ~ Jason Schwartz

Phil Hoffman . . . did not die from an overdose of heroin — he died from heroin. We should stop implying that if he’d just taken the proper amount then everything would have been fine.

via Aaron Sorkin: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Drug Addiction

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I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I currently serve as the Director of Social Work and Spiritual Care for a healthcare system. I've also served as the Director of Behavioral Health at another hospital. I'm also a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time. View all posts by Jason Schwartz

4 thoughts on “He died from heroin (addiction)”

Guinevere says:

February 7, 2014 at 6:13 am

He died from addiction, actually.
But I do like Sorkin’s piece.

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1. Jason Schwartz says:
  
  February 7, 2014 at 6:16 am
  
  I had the same thought. I would have liked the sentence better if he had said that Hoffman died of heroin addiction.
  
  Maybe he should hire us as writing consultants.
  
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  1. lee says:
    
    February 7, 2014 at 6:34 am
    
    I agree!
    
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Karen says:

February 7, 2014 at 1:11 pm

He did expand on that idea in the second paragraph. “He didn’t die because he was partying too hard or because he was depressed — he died because he was an addict on a day of the week with a y in it. ”

Read more: Aaron Sorkin: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Drug Addiction | TIME.com http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/05/aaron-sorkin-philip-seymour-hoffmans-death-saved-10-lives/#ixzz2sf2WRmNi

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