Overdose prevention, drug abuse treatment in NYC and the work that remains One of the great hazards of drug use and abuse is the danger of overdose. The New Yorker looks at the problem of heroin use on Staten Island, NYC and the state of drug abuse treatment in NYC. The New Yorker writes aboutRead more
More on drug and alcohol counseling and criticism of AA
The Atlantic takes a turn at criticizing the approach drug and alcohol counseling of Alcoholics Anonymous Last week I wrote about a Salon.com piece on drug and alcohol counseling and the ineffectiveness of AA (the article cited a 5-10% effectiveness rate for AA drug and alcohol counseling). This week the Atlantic weighs in with itsRead more
Drug and alcohol counseling: Salon on the success of AA
Salon.com lands a harsh critique of Alcoholics Anonymous as the prevailing model of drug and alcohol counseling, referring to the 80-year old, peer-led program as a “monopoly” that has “made it impossible to have real debate about addiction.” The article, which is worth a read, is long on empirics: Salon points out that “Peer-reviewed studiesRead more