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Thorburn Addiction Report Archives: 2009 Issue #048 - June/July (top story – James W. Von Brunn, Racist Octogenarian—and Alcoholic) Issue #047 - May (top story – White Collar Criminals, Like Other Crooks, are Usually Alcoholics) Issue #046 - February-April (top story – Octomom’s confabulated thinking suggests addiction) Issue #045 - January (top story -- Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich: His God-Complex Indicates Alcoholism) 2008 Issue #044 - November/December (top story -- Recession, Unemployment and Alcoholism: Why Violence, On the Road and Off, Could Worsen in the Coming Economic Contraction) Issue #043 - September/October (top story -- Presidential Contenders: Sons of Alcoholics) Issue #042 - August (top story -- Bruce Ivins, anthrax suspect. Verdict: alcoholic) Issue #041 - July (top story -- Foreclosures and alcoholism: Johnny Carson sidekick Ed McMahon, U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson and boxer Evander Holyfield) Issue #040 - June (top story -- Austrian monster Josef Fritzl: he could be simply crazy, but...) Issue #039 - April/May (top story -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is almost universally described as "flamboyant.") Issue #038 - March (top story -- Actors Heath Ledger and Brad Renfro succumb to "accidental" overdoses) Issue #037 - January/February (top story -- Jim Leyritz, Baseball Hero, Alcoholism Enabled — and an Innocent Person Dies) 2007 Issue #036 - December (top story -- DUIs as a clue to danger lurking elsewhere — Celebrity plastic surgeon Jan Adams) Issue #035 - November (top story -- "America’s Sheriff" Michael S. Carona: Is He Merely Corrupt, or is He Alcoholic?) Issue #034 - October (top story -- O.J. Simpson arrested...again. Another example of alcoholics pitted against alcoholics in the criminal justice system) Issue #033 - September (top story -- NBA's Eddie Griffin was Enabled to Death. Will Starlets Lohan, Spears and Richie be Next?) Issue #032 - August (top story -- The Mortgage Mess, The Real Estate Bubble and Alcoholism) Issue #031 - July (top story -- L.A. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, his wife Michelle, and Alcoholism) Issue #030 - June (top story -- Music Producer Phil Spector -- Confused, Crazy...or just an Alcoholic?) Issue #029 - April/May (top story -- An Addict's Rage -- Mass Murderer Cho) Issue #028 - February/March (top story -- Hugo Chavez, Totalitarian Alcoholic) Issue #027 - January (top story -- Actor Wesley Snipes, Tax Evasion and Addiction) 2006 Issue #026 - December (top story -- Alcoholic Stoops to New Low: the Brief Return of O.J. Simpson) Issue #025 - November (top story -- Havoc for the Right: Mark Foley, Ann Coulter and Rev. Ted Haggard) Issue #024 - September/October (top story -- Terrorism and Addiction) Issue #023 - August (top story -- Actor-Director Mel Gibson's Horrific Relapse) Issue #022 - July (top story -- The World Cup, Alcoholism, Violence and Racism) Issue #021 - June (top story -- How Many Times will Kennedy Fans Enable before he Dies from his Disease?) Issue #020 - April/May (top story -- Duke University" Addicts Abound) Issue #019 - March (top story -- Olympian Chad Hedrick: Immature or Over-Achieving Alcoholic?) Issue #018 - February (top story -- Bode Miller: Olympian Skier, Party Boy and Likely Non-Alcoholic ENTP) Issue #017 - January (top story -- Competition Freaks, the Super Bowl and Alcoholism) 2005 Issue #016 - December (top story -- “Tookie” Williams: Alcoholism, Sobriety and Redemption?) Issue #015 - November (top story -- Has Bush Relapsed?) Issue #014 - September (top story -- New Orleans, Alcoholism and the Next Catastrophe) Issue #013 - August (top story -- Suicide Bombers and Alcoholism) Issue #012 - July (top story -- Drug Lords: Criminalization May Increase Terrorism Risks) Issue #011 - June (top story -- Monster Dad: Why did Jerry Hobbs murder his own daughter?) Issue #010 - May (top story -- Anna Ayala gives a Finger to Wendy's) Issue #009 - April (top story -- Survivor's" Richard Hatch, Tax Evasion and Alcoholism) Issue #008 - March (top story -- Haidl Gang-Rape Trial--Addicts Everywhere) Issue #007 - February (top story -- Michael Jackson, Polydrug Addict, and (Therefore) Capable of Committing Awful Acts) Issue #006 - January (top story -- Actor Robert Blake, Alcoholic) 2004 Issue #005 - December (top story -- NBA Brawl) Issue #004 - November (top story -- Yasir Arafat, Amphetamine Addict) Issue #003 - October (top story -- Kim Jong Il--an Alcoholic with Nukes) Issue #002 - September (top story -- Scott Peterson, Murderer and Likely Alcoholic) Issue #001 - August (top story -- Kobe Bryant--Victim to an Addict) Comments about the Thorburn Addiction Report? Read Doug Thorburn's weblog: |
