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Coke - it’s the real thing!

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Sarah McPherson interviews Rob Hadley, CEO of Vancouver Hypnotherapy Inc., a hypnotherapy practice that specialises in the treatment of cocaine addiction. Coke - it’s the real thing! Cocaine addiction in Canada is on the rise. Many rehabs are backed up, and while treatment is generally considered better than in many countries facilities are often overcrowded or have waiting lists that negatively affect treatment success rates. With this backdrop, most agencies agree, there is a growing incidence of cocaine addiction in the population at large. More people, from more diverse backgrounds, have access to cocaine than ever before. I spoke to Rob Hadley, CEO of Vancouver Hypnotherapy Inc., and heard his perspective on the situation. “What we’re seeing is a shift in the type of usage, and the type of user,” says Hadley. “It used to be that cocaine was a drug of the super rich and rock stars. Nowadays it’s gravitating down the social scale. Most people can, if they really want, get this drug

Ignorance is not as blissful as you might think.

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There is a nasty phenomenon that pervades healthcare. The idea that a patient may have an opinion, or more worryingly - a valid opinion - and that this represents a challenge to a medical professional's authority. In fact, in most organisational structures a wide variety of opinions and ideas is usually an indication that the system is healthy. The best ideas tend to win through, but a diverse number of ideas from a variety of directions is to be valued, not feared. To have an differing opinion is not necessarily to challenge the authority of another in the structure. I mention this having heard yet another client describe their visit to a doctor. The patient was told what was wrong with her, following an examination. She disagreed. She was told that she was not a professional, and it was made clear that her opinion was of no value. The doctor rounded this off by saying, "and don't go looking up your symptoms on the net, and telling me I'm wrong." As I list