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AMERICAN CRIME Episode 3
The Lure Of Sex & Drugs
When Love’s In Short Supply

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | March 22, 2015

As secrets continue to unfold in American Crime Episode 3, drugs, sex, and complicated family histories are increasingly implicated in the crime against Matt and Gwen. Drugs and sex are not infrequently turned to as ‘answers’ to various kinds of desperate circumstances and pasts. Gwen turned to sex. Matt turned to drugs. Aubrey Taylor (Caitlin…

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