In Depth: Fighting the scourge of addiction

February 21, 2012, 10:04 am by CNN Health

To watch Whitney Houston's powerful "going home" service on Saturday was to be reminded that she was a one of a kind talent, with a divine instrument that even in death soared above all the other famous voices that gathered at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, to celebrate her. But sadly, Houston was a dime a dozen in another aspect of her life: her dependence on drugs and alcohol.

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