Dickie's boxing career was cut short by his addiction to drugs.
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Aiding the Colombian police has been adopted as a political cause by a group of congressional Republicans who believe that one of the cheaper and more effective ways to deal with the United States' addictiontodrugs is to stop their production at source.
At its most extreme, people like Masellis will do just about anything to satisfy a hunger that can gnaw at the will just as hard as an addictionto alcohol, drugs or gambling.