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| | Close to Home - About the Series |
 | | Hoping to raise awareness about an issue that has affected his own family, as well as millions of other Americans, Moyers reports on the latest scientific inquiry, public policy analysis, and the dramatic personal experience of recovering people to create a comprehensive human portrait of addiction and recovery in America. |
 | | MOYERS ON ADDICTION: CLOSE TO HOME, an unprecedented five-part series about the science, treatment, prevention, and politics of addiction, premiered for three consecutive nights beginning Sunday, March 29, 1998 at 9 p.m. |
 | | "My wife, Judith, and I thought we knew about addiction, until it came close to home," says Bill Moyers, referring to his oldest son's struggle with drugs and alcohol. |
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