This is an interesting topic, awareness in addiction recovery has obviously been growing over the years, but Michael Jackson's death (possibly related to his prescription drug abuse) has catapulted the topic into the main stream media. 
Of course with this there will always be opinions, but if you are interested in learning a little more about the Disease of Addiction, What happened to Michael Jackson, or the research into more innovative ways to treat the disease of addiction, our chief medical strategist will be on
KRLD Radio tonight at 7:30
AND
the Dr Nancy Schneiderman show on MSNBC at 11:30am Central time (9:30am PST)
tomorrow (7/17) to talk about Michael's possible addiction and the research surrounding addiction related issues.
Our chief medical strategist has been featured as an Addiction Specialist on shows like Fox n Friends, Dr. Phil (How to Stay Sober), local radio & news broadcasts, etc.  You can also check out his book, Healing the Addicted Brain, which is an in depth study of alcoholism and treating addiction in a scientific, results based way