you can see he was there with rob ford, the mayor of toronto. bieber and mayor rob ford are spiraling out of control. let's shift gears here. i want to go to a story where a doctor is proving to be inspirational to all women forced to deal with the harsh reality of breast cancer. ♪ >> this is incredibly brave. she was about to have a double ma sectmy when she and her surgical staff busted out dancing. it's to create a healing montage. the video has 3.5 million hits online. it's a cool story. >> thank you very much, lewis. have a great weekend. still ahead on way too early. which company will be the most relevant in 15 years. twitter, facebook or tesla. #waytooearly. "morning joe" is moments away. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is wit

for rob ford. they're trying to save their own political skins. again, this is getting incredibly ugly from that point of view. and doug ford saying himself he doesn't expect any kind of decorum out of this meeting. having said that, speaking to the deputy mayor, he's saying, look, he wants this to be reasonable, responsible, and very quick. but that does mean that he's going to be up there at city council basically having an inquisition about things that are very personal. >> extraordinarily. thank you. i don't want to keep you from your coverage. i know you're only in a short recess. one of the things that you've been hearing about is councillors who brought forth these motions. one of the councillors who brought forth one of those motions used to be a big supporter of rob ford. here in america we tend to think it's politicalized for a political gain for a political party, but in this case, maybe not so. there's a councillor, again a big supporter of rob ford, brought fords instead what you're he

ford to say on tv what mayor rob ford said today on live canadian tv. the only thing msnbc standards has asked of us is that we warn you that you are about to hear something you have never heard before in your life. >> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> oh, yeah, and get the kids out of the room. this could absolutely destroy any kids's ability to grow up to be mayor of any city except the city of toronto. here is how mayor rob ford's day started. >> mayor ford, any comment? >> mayor ford? >> give me a second. >> mayor ford, can you talk to -- >> you know what? i couldn't -- >> if you could just give us a second. >> a comment yesterday because i couldn't read the documents that was released. unfortunately -- it's unfortunate i have to take the legal action. i don't appreciate people calling atlanta a prostitute. never had a prostitute here. i'm very happily married at home. this is very disturbing against my wife. unfortunately, i have to take legal action. i have to take legal action against the waiter that said i was doing

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he was at the stadium by a horde of fans cheering rob ford, rob ford, rob ford. looking back at our history, if you can survive oral sex in the white house. rob ford might not have that much to worry about. >> john robins o canada. will appreciate it mate. thank you very much. >> let's gets an update on the severe weather ravr vajjing the midwest. we have janice dean from the severe weather center. >> here are the preliminary numbers. 80 reports of torontos 40 reports of hail and 355 reports of winds. at tha it is not over yet. preliminary ef 4 in new mendon with winds 160 miles an hour. a confirmed ef 2 southwest of chicago. 50 homes destroyed in brookport, illinois. still looking at the potential of severe storms including isolated tornadoes. severe thunderstorm warnings as the line pushes eastward. as we get into tomorrow we will see all of the bad weather move into the northeast. we will track it from the fox news extreme weather center. >> thank you very much. we will return to our coverage of the weather, but what is up next is the coverage that we have bee

we're also monitoring a major political story north the border where toronto mayor rob ford is expected on cameras any moment the same day he admitted at long last to smoking crack cocaine in office. will he resign? we'll find out short. but back home, have no doubt that today's races will send key signals for 2014, 2016 and beyond. particularly in a tale of two governors' races. virginia and new jersey. and what a relief it might be for president obama to have won re-election and put the affordable care act as a campaign issue well behind him. >> i have run my last political campaign. but i'll tell you what, i've got one more campaign in me. the campaign to make sure that this law works for every single person in america. >> no, just kidding. the health care law still a major campaign issue. and as virginia's attorney general tea party hero ken cuccinelli filed suit against the affordable care act, the very day the president signed it, and he hasn't let up since. >> virginia is a referendum on obama care. let's send them a message, and say no tomorrow to obama care, as it is or anymore

men like rob ford do not come around very often. when they do, i believe it is important that we immortalize them for future generations to enjoy. tonight i have asked the superstar of music to pay tribute to the mayor. he graciously agreed to do just that. here with a ballad of rob ford, chris daughtry. ♪ ♪ here's a little tune about a mayor named ford citizens of hog town surely adored he said i will do whatever i want to because i'm the drunk driving crack smoking mayor of toronto ♪ ♪ well one day rob ford took a good look around said government red tape is destrog oying our t i'll run for mayor, get to back on track soon as i get drunk and smoke crack hulk bulked up some one did him wrong lone ranger had tonto, but i'm the drunk driving crack smoking mayor of toronto ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ well one dark day a man came to town went up to mayor ford and said with a frown i know what you done and i got it on video ♪ ♪ you crack smoking drunk driving mayor of toronto ♪ and the councilman said, rob we got to cu

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we're not done talking about mayor rob ford. later on this hour, much more about how in the world he is planning to recover from all of this. >>> all right. part of a mystery solved. more than three years after being reported missing, the bodies of a couple and their two children have been found. so many questions, police say joseph and summer mcstay along with two bodies believed to be their sons were buried in a shallow grave in the desert near los angeles. officials say all were killed but didn't give any more details than that. the mcstay family vanished are their san diego home in 2010, leaving bowls of popcorn out in the house. their car was found near mexico days later. >>> all right. lewd public comments, admissions of crack smoking and binge drinking all by the mayor of toronto. so is there any way this mayor and the city can salvage their reputations? i'll ask the man who wrote the book on crisis public relations. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for the smog. but there are a lot of people that do rid

it was rob ford. it was rob ford. everybody's had their say, the critics, the media, the opposition. i want people to listen to me tonight from 8:00 to 9:00 on sun news. you will get my side of the story. okay? unfiltered. this, folks, reminds me of when i was watching with my brother when sudan attacked kuwait and president bush said i warn you, i warn you, i warn you, do not. well, folks, if you think americans style politics is nasty, you guys have just attacked kuwait and you will never, you will never see something, mark my words, friends, this is going to be outright war in the next election. and i'm going to do everything in my power -- >> mayor ford, your time's up. >> everything in my power to beat you guys. >> thank you, mayor ford. >> what you're doing today is kicking me out of my office and it's the worst thing that you can do. i was elected by the people. every one of you guys have sinned. >> mayor ford, your time is up. >> it is absolutely the worst thing you can do for democracy. >> thank you. >> in th

and as we've heard this week to ronald mayor rob ford officially admitted to smoking crack cocaine at a press conference ford said quote i know i embarrassed everyone in the city and i will be for ever sorry there's only one person to blame for this and that is myself on an unexpectedly however ford did not resign in the wake of this incident but perhaps he won't have to after all his frontal constituents seem to be sticking by him while giving their stamp of approval artie's sam sachs reports. i think. so this is toronto mayor rob ford threatening to murder someone this video was obtained by the toronto star and it's actually rob ford's the least incriminating video there's another video long rumored to have existed showing the mayor smoking crack toronto police have that video and mayor ford was forced to do what no mayor ever really wants to do and that's admit that he smoked crack. yes i have smoked crack cocaine. when but and we all do i am i an addict know when every time i tried it. probably in one of my drunken stupors probably approximately about a year ago. to recap here the

rob ford is like toronto's own anthony weiner. the difference being, new york didn't vote for anthony weiner for mayor. how did this guy get into office? what do we know? >> he comes from a canadian political family. they're worth an estimated $100 million in a food labeling company. they have a lot of money. and just earlier this week, the city council up there in canadia voted for a special investigation into him. you can't look away from it. it's like a train wreck. he makes anthony weiner look -- i don't want to say normal. >> he makes him look tame. >> that's right. >> leave it to the canadians. kevin, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thanks, have a great weekend. >>> coming up, bill karins will be here. and a dream come true for a 5-year-old boy. >>> and your favorite fried food on demand. we'll tell you all about it coming up next. when you first see this? it looks kind of like a dancer? reality check: some 4g lte coverage maps don't really look like maps. seems like maybe... a bunch of berries. a witch-like

rob ford is funny enough. i want to get an update on the tornadoes. a long time before things are back to normal in the midwest especially in towns that took a direct strike from the weekend's deadly storms. view from above shows how devastating the path of these storms. still images captured from a health tell part of a story of an ef-4 tornado that smashed its way through washington, illinois. just unbelievable. entire neighborhoods destroyed. and as you see with a tornado sometimes just half a block away nothing. the tornado packed winds from 170 to 190 miles per hour. the storm ripped open a path five miles long, destroying hundreds of homes. amid the destruction you hear stories of survival like andrea who held her sleeping 3-month-old daughter in her arms in their basement as the storm rumbled overhead. >> i'm very blessed. when the windows blew out we just huddled together and laid on top of our daughter and everything started falling in. >> glad they are safe. the storms are fairly rare this late in the year and this far north but it was unsea

toronto's mayor rob ford. watch out for that camera, eh? >> first a quick recap. the mayor of canada's largest city was known for being the alleged star of an alleged videotape that allegedly shows him smoking crack. allegedly. reporters from toronto star said they were showed it earlier this year. >> there's been a serious accusation from the toronto star that i use crack cocaine. i do not use crack cocaine nor am i an addict. as for a video, i cannot comment on a video i have never seen or does not exist. >> just last week toronto police came forward always, always >> one former ford ally admitting i think he's lost the moral authority to leave. and reporters were again summoned to another news conference, the mayor arrived late but was apologetic. >> there's only one person to blame for me, and that is myself. i know that admitting my mistake was the right thing to do. and i feel like 1,000 pounds have been lifted off my shoulders. folks, i have nothing left to hide. >> ford may be remorseful, but the guy's

and robin, the rob ford we saw in that interview is that the rob ford you know so well? >> you are getting a chance to see vintage rob ford. after he was elected mayor he calmed down. his temper was even keel and in contrast to his ten years as a counsellor. >> how did you find him this week? the fact he is arguing it is just semantics. no reporter asked me the right question. >> typical media, you guys with your questions there. but to your point, i always used to brag i saw guns and roses play and now i've seen rob ford live. when you see his mood swings in person it's a staggering thing. that talking point about i never lied about it, he was ready to jump on that. he had misheard my question which was doesn't smoking crack in the first place indicate a huge lack in judgment when you are the leader of a city? but he -- it's this mixture of entitlement and a sense that everyone else is a hypocrite because everyone's getting hammered and i'm just a man of the people. we all have feet of clay. it was fascinating. >> i can throw several recordings of us asking him directly

you remember a few months back we talked to the mayor of toronto rob ford was a crack head. that there was maybe a piece of video of mayor rob ford of toronto smoking -- crack. [ laughter ] and i now understand the videotape is exhibiting the poor judgment you often associate with smoking crack. >> i cannot comment on a video that i've never seen or does not exist. >> he can't comment on -- good news, everybody. [cheers and applause] now toronto mayor rob ford can comment on a video of him smoking crack. >> police say they have video of mayor ford smoking a crack pipe and making racist and homophobic remarks. >> smoking crack and making racist and homophobic remarks, i believe in canada that's referred to as a hat trick, am i right? i don't know much about hockey but -- [laughter] from the picture of mayor here with his crack-stituents the racist thing seems to be accepting of anybody that smokes crack with him and a homophone that attitude won't last. at some point while pursuing this crackhead lifestyle he will end up sucking some (bleep). [cheers and applause] [laughter]

rob ford was the guy that stopped the grave train. he showed an incredible amount of discipline with his message during the election and it was all about respecting taxpayers. and it was the right thing to say at the right time. and that worked. and he carried some of that through after he got elected. unfortunately, through all these self-inflicted wounds, all of this nonsense and crap that's going on, it's pretty much diminished any of the positive things that he did for the city. and what we see is this fees coand this circus carrying on. >> liz, have you been to toronto lately? this behavior doesn't seem to square with the pleasantness that i've seen, even in the subways up there. it's like you're visiting a really nice mall. everything up there is clean and perfect, and here's this guy, this ruffian, admitting to apparently using crack cocaine or being caught with that. that's pretty rough drug use. i mean, using marijuana is one thing, crack cocaine is another. we had a mayor in washington that basically was put in jail for that

rob ford is certainly making a name of himself. he was even mocked on nbc's "saturday night live." in recent weeks ford as admitted to smoking crack, but ford is making no apologies for his refusal to leave office. in fact, the embattled mayor is about to go prime time with a new television show, "ford nation," set to debut on the sun news network tonight. >> i know lawyers and doctors -- >> reporter: we certainly haven't seen the last of rob ford. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> next tonight, testing the limits, tragedy in an underwater endurance sport, fearless athletes diving the length of a football field with just a gulp of air. >>> and the oscar for best selfie goes to steve martin and tom hanks, the story behind this picture when we see you again in just two minutes. if you do something today. and there's never been a better time because this year, devry university has $45 million dollars in need and merit-based scholarships and grants available to those who qualify. and this degree can make a difference. in 2012, 90% of devry university grads actively seeking employme

rob ford denied the whole thing. he denied that he smoked crack ever and that there was a video of him smoking crack. gawker started raising money to buy the video from the drug dealers. they raised $200,000 to buy the video. then after they finally raised the requested amount of cash, their source in toronto vanished along with the video. for months it seemed like the end of the story. no video. no proof. that was the last we heard of it until today. today at a rather hastily called press conference, toronto's chief of police dropped a bombshell saying they had been investigating the crack pipe allegations against the mayor all these months and he disclosed what the police investigation has turned up. watch. >> we are now in possession of a recovered digital video file relevant to the investigations that have been conducted. that file contains video images which appear to be those images which were previously reported in the press. i think it's fair to say that the mayor does appear in that video, but i'm not going

rob ford in the chamber right now. they have been talking with how the city might move forward if he were to step down. the council's powers are very limited because they can't remove the mayor from office. rob ford has been in the limelight for some time now for all the wrong reasons, including his recent admission that he smoked crack cocaine and then there was yesterday's profane outburst while he was talking to reporters. we are keeping our eye on proceedings and will update you as events progress. >>> and right now on the house floor, again, debate over a gop bill designed to side step a key part of the president's health care law. we'll ask one republican lawmaker in the house about his support for the measure next. a g what makes you different is what makes us different. we take the time to get to know you and your unique health needs. then we help create a personalized healthcare experience that works for you. and you. and you. with 50 years of know-how, and a dedicated network of doctors, health coaches, and w

but it is what it is and i can't change the past glef yes, rob ford can't change the past. he can't even remember the past. i mean, what part of "drunken stupor" does the media not understand? it's not called a "drunken sma smart-for." i must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, i am personally inspired by mayor ford's courage to come clean about my own mistakes. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) have i ever smoked crack? yes, but that was in the past. ( laughter ) ploou( applause )there's noct it happened. all i can do is apologize and move on. i am so, so sorry they smoked crack, and i promise you, it will not happen again. ( laughter ). ( cheers ) now, have i lied to you about never smoking crack again? yes, i have. is that the worst thing in the world? does that make me a murderer? no. have i ever murdered anyone? yes, but that was in the past. while i was high on crack. ( laughter ) in the present, i am not murdering anyone. stay down! stay down! yodie, you just die. you die! you stay down! stay down! ( applause ) that's what you get for trying to take my crack ( bleep )

. >> so that happened, that was toronto mayor rob ford admit what he has repeatedly denied in the last six months. he has smoked cocaine while in office. here's breaking news regarding bob ford. >> [ bleep ]. >> first a quick recap, the right wing mayor of toronto was busted for being an alleged star of an alleged videotape that allegedly shows him smoking crack. reporters from the toronto newspaper say they were shown the video earlier this year which prompted ford to publicly deny the allegations back in may. >> there's been a serious accusation from the toronto star that i use crack cocaine. i do not use crack cocaine, nor a am i an addict of crack cocaine. as for a video, i cannot comment on a video that i have never seen or does not exist. >> just last week, toronto police came forward and said not only does a rob ford crack tape exist, but they have possession of it. over the weekend, ford did some soul searching, vowing to stop getting, quote, hammered but made no reference to his choice of words crack cocaine. he wasn't lying, the media just didn't ask the correct question. but

nic, you spoke with rob ford's brother who was also on the city council. what is next? how and why are they remaining in this fight? >> reporter: well, they plan to continue to fight, even if it means dipping in the mayor's own pokt to pay for legal costs. as this goes on, they could mount substantially. as it goes on, more and more details emerge about allegations about not only the mayor but what his family members might have been doing in their past, and i asked his brother, wasn't all of this just becoming humiliating, and what's it going to do to the family's political legacy. >> i think our legacy is going to be pretty solid based on how rob performs. you're going to look at a family that doesn't need to be doing this, that has sacrificed massive amounts of time, money, their business to serve the people. >> aren't you worried about his health with all of the additional stress, not just the public and not just counselors but family. >> i am confident that the people that actually know us understand what we have done for our community. >> your brother's health. >>

rob ford was booed. some people clapped. some people booed. and at least one veteran refused to shake his hand according to the news. this week is not going to get a lot better for him either. tomorrow, toronto city's council is going to take up a motion calling on him to take a leave of absence. and as early as today a judge could release more documents detailing ford's relationship with a reputted drug dealer. reactions in toronto are all over the map. >> reporter: you know, it's hard to find politicians who are unintentional funnier than the comedians who mock them. >> where are you getting this. >> reporter: but then, rob ford is unlike any politician anywhere. >> i was very, very inebriated. >> and it's all the more vivid because this is canada. a place so friendly, one assumes that up here crack is just a sound made in hockey. >> is ka in additionian crack maple flavored? how is it different? >> i'm the wrong guy to ask. >> and you see more proof walking into the city hall. there are no metal detectors, no security. stroll right in. and

the iconic ford logo was being used by rob ford supporters on t-shirts. the company says the use sun authorized, obviously, and they're now asking shirtmakers to stop using it. >> stephen: big mistake, ford. rob ford could help you reach out to a lucrative new market, because after all there is no product with more customer loyalty than crack. ford apologized last week and i think that should have been the end of it. but apparently the mayor's critics cannot take i smoked crack for an answer. instead they made even more alarming allegations. >> mayor ford was said to be snorting cocaine, drinking vodka and using oxycontin all while entertaining a prostitute in his office. >> drinking and driving also a problem police say. they say that one staff member said that he was in the car with the mayor when the mayor chugged a mickey of vodka mixed in with some gatorade. >> mayor ford then steps out of the car and proceeds to urinate publicly next to basically an elementary school. >> stephen: o kwan dab, he was just trying to tell kids to stay in school. serious

if you're rob ford, have you to exist as rob ford in perpetuity on planet earth. >> with a reality show. >> more than barack obama enjoyed himself. he's a 40 something man who looks like he's lived several lifetimes on earth, most of it in seedy places. >> barack obama smokes tobacco. >> in congress. >> may or may not still have on the diapers. >> on that note, joy, high note, we'll leave it there. watch karen on disrupt 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that is all for now. i'll see you back monday at noon eastern. "andrea mitchell reports" is coming up next. nd. but it doesn't usually work that way with health care. with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and cost estimates, so we can make better health decisions. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. hands for holding. feet, kicking. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for

toronto's mayor rob ford. watch out for that camera, eh? >> first a quick recap. the mayor of canada's largest city was known for being the alleged star of an alleged videotape that allegedly shows him smoking crack. allegedly. reporters from toronto star said they were showed it earlier this year. >> there's been a serious accusation from the toronto star that i use crack cocaine. i do not use crack cocaine nor am i an addict. as for a video, i cannot comment on a video i have never seen or does not exist. >> just last week toronto police came forward and said not only does the rob ford crack tape exist, but they have possession of it. he did not come out and defend himself in the matter. over the weekend ford did soul searching. vowing not to get hammered. that all changed this afternoon at an impromptu news conference when he made his stunning admission. he says he wasn't lying, he says the media didn't ask the correct questions. as the toronto star points out the question have you ever smoked crack cocaine

you remember a few months back we talked to the mayor of toronto rob ford was a crack head. that there was maybe a piece of video of mayor rob ford of toronto smoking -- crack. [ laughter ] and i now understand the videotape is exhibiting the poor judgment you often associate with smoking crack. >> i cannot comment on a video that i've never seen or does not exist. >> he can't comment on -- good news, everybody. [cheers and applause] now toronto mayor rob ford can comment on a video of him smoking crack. >> police say they have video of mayor ford smoking a crack pipe and making racist and homophobic remarks. >> smoking crack and making racist and homophobic remarks, i believe in canada that's referred to as a hat trick, am i right? i don't know much about hockey but -- [laughter] from the picture of mayor here with his crack-stituents the racist thing seems to be accepting of anybody that smokes crack with him and a homophone that attitude won't last. at some point while pursuing this crackhead lifestyle he will end up sucking some (bleep). [cheers and applause] [laughter]

they don't know rob ford. these people know me. they have known me for -- i was born and raised here. >> reporter: why did you decide to finally admit that you had smoked crack? >> i'm not going to run around and be phony and be blackmailed. say they have videos of this and over my head and -- you don't trust what the toronto star -- i was sick of all of the allegations and all the [ bleep ]. excuse my words. that's all it is. sorry, i shouldn't swear in front of the kids. i made mistakes. i drank too much. i smoke some crack sometimes. what can i say? i made a mistake. i'm human. >> reporter: can't you see why some would question your judgment? >> just lie about it? just hide? >> reporter: that would you do it in the first place. >> i didn't say that. i didn't say that. you're wrong. you're wrong what you said. they said, do you smoke crack? and are you are a crack addict? no, i'm not a crack addict. have i? yes, i have. i didn't lie. i don't smoke crack. i haven't smoked crack in over a year. >> reporter: that's semantics. >> to

dear friend mayor rob ford of toronto is running for re-election. i hold him in the highest regard. he is the best. >> i watched that last night. it was so good. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> well, a little travel note. i'll be down south this weekend in the great miami book fair international. i'll be presenting a book that's true to the season. it's about how great politicians can compromise to get things done. it's really the story of my political coming of age. and therefore a great companion book for "hardball" fans. tomorrow i'll be back in d.c. downtown barnes & noble to sign books. back in a minute. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the republican party's now engaging in an organized relentless attack to destroy the affordable care act. we know that. but now the "new york times" has obtained this smoke gun to the attack. a republican memo that maps it out. it highlights things the republicans will try to use to disperse into the public discourse. it urges republicans to collect stories, quote, about the impact of insurance ca

ford. >> it was the latest fallout from rob ford stunning admission that he smoked crack cocaine. so, how did he manage to get elected leader of a cosmopolitan city like toronto in the first place? bill weir has this look. >> reporter: politicians unintentionally funnier than the comedians that mock them. but then rob ford is unlike any politician anywhere. >> i was very, very. >> reporter: it's all the more vivid because this is canada, a place so friendly one assumes that up here crack is just a sound made in hockey. >> canadian crack maple flavored? how is it different? >> i'm the wrong guy to ask. >> reporter: you see more proof walking into toronto city hall. there are no metal detectors here, no security, you can stroll right in, go past the cute baby visiting city records and join the scaal and just a few feet away they are giving away free health care. even to pesky americans. >> do i get a lollipop. >> yes, you did. >> reporter: you're from the states, right? >> how much would you pay if you went to your own doctor for a flu shot? >>p 75 bucks. >> reporter: this guy is sh

i love this guy. >> it is fun to make fun of rob ford and very easy. you can imagine my horror and i received an e-mail from a friend of the show, david schepp who reminded me that i was missing the important lesson in the rob ford story. david attached a piece he had just written for time.com which i offer as a rewrite of my coverage of the rob ford story. ridiculing ford is easy. what's harder is to look at his destructive behavior to stop attributing it to him being out of control. look at the cause, addicts actions defy all logic but are explained by the impact of drugs on the human brain and the fact that not all brains react the same way. addicts' brains become hijacked by drugs, brain regions associated with judgment, cognition, restraint and moderation are as good as dismantled, causing impulsivity and unrestrained desired for pleasure and cloudy thinking. in the meantime the addicted brain deprived of a healthy amount of the dope amine intensely craves drugs. atickets described a need for drugs that feels like the need for oxygen, deprived of