Howard C. Samuels, PsyD is a leading drug and alcohol addiction expert. He is a licensed therapist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with years of experience running two successful treatment centers, and is the founder of The Hills Treatment Center. Dr. Samuels specializes in the treatment of mood and addictive disorders, love addiction and substance abuse intervention. Dr. Samuels has been clean and sober for 28 years from heroin and cocaine addiction. As the son of a prominent New York state political figure, Howard's private battle with addiction became public when his drug busts in 1969 and 1971 hit the front pages of the New York Post and New York Daily News, and were covered in Newsweek and Rolling Stone magazine. As a columnist with The Huffington Post, Howard comments on the epidemic crisis of drugs and alcohol in America. His testifying before the California Senate Public Safety Commission resulted in legislation prohibiting the sale to minors of the dangerous hallucinogenic Salvia. Howard is widely sought after by network television shows such as ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC's The Today Show, CBS, CNN, the Larry King Live Show and Entertainment Tonight, as well as syndicated radio programs for his professional and personal experience with recovery.
