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Doctor Gabor Mate works with drug addicts in one of the saddest neighbourhoods in Canada, East Vancouver. Life in what Buddhists might call this "Hell Realm" led him to write a book about addictions. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts call for a sharp departure from the crime and punishment model of treating drug addicts.

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