Sexual abuse is a “gateway experience” that often leads to drug addiction later in life

Sexual abuse is a “gateway experience” that often leads to drug addiction later in life — State — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine:

Lesser known fact about Sigmund Freud – early in his career he was all but laughed out of his field for suggesting that sexual abuse within families was a significant social problem. To remain respected he recanted his findings. Toward the end of his career he went back to his original claims and backed them up, demonstrating that this ugliness was indeed not simply at the fringes of society.

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