“Addiction has a worse prognosis than most cancers. I tell someone they have cancer and they want to be airlifted to a cancer treatment center; I tell someone they have an addiction and they're going to die and they want to argue with me about the treatment.”

American media personality, internist, and addiction medicine specialist

David Drew Pinsky, known as Dr. Drew, is an American media personality, internist, and addiction medicine specialist. He has spent decades on radio and television, and was born in 1958. He is best known for hosting Loveline from 1984 to 2016, a long-running nationally syndicated radio talk show about relationships, sex, and health. He also hosted Dr. Drew On Call on HLN and Lifechangers on The CW, and produced and starred in VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and its spinoffs. More recently, he has hosted several podcasts, including Ask Dr. Drew, The Dr. Drew Podcast, The Adam and Drew Show, and Dr. Drew After Dark.