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