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* In one episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' [[Stephen Colbert]] advised heroin addicts to break their addictions the same way he did, chaining himself to a radiator for two weeks with a supply of chocolate bars, warning them that during that time they may hallucinate a bat eating a baby.
* [[House (TV series)|House]] does this three times. The first time he stops taking his beloved Vicodin, he has rather strong withdrawal symptoms and ultimately {{spoiler|admits to himself that he is an addict, but decides to keep it that way because he doesn't see it as a problem.}} The second time he doesn't have any symptoms whatsoever, but in the next episode it turns out {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream|that it was a hallucination and that he was on Vicodin the whole time.]]}} The third time is {{spoiler|during a stay in a rehab clinic, which made him abandon his drug addiction.}}
* In ''[[My Hero (TV)|My Hero]]'', George attempts to go "cold porky" from pork scratchings (Which gives his [[Bizarre Alien Biology|alien brain]] super-intelligence, but turns him into a jerk).
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* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'': One of the protagonists is addicted to [[Fantastic Drug|Triptocaine]]. You can choose to either quit cold turkey or support his habit. Going without it is an incredibly painful process for him (even though it manages to span only four days). {{spoiler|As it turns out, quitting the drug makes him even more unstable. Way to go.}}
* In
** In ''[[Fallout 3]]'' addiction can only be cured by a doctor or you home chemistry set.
* In ''[[Scarface:
{{quote|''"Yeyo -- that shit make you crazy, man. Never again."''}}
** Of course, he still has no problem ''selling'' it by the truckload.
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