On AlterNet: drug treatment

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "drug treatment"

To Jail or Not Jail for Drug Relapse?

Tony Newman, AlterNet. October 21, 2008.

There is a raging battle in the treatment community over how much carrot vs. stick we should use to help people who need treatment.

It's Time To Get Rid of the Good-People-vs.-Bad-People View of Drug Use

Maggie Mahar, Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. June 25, 2008.

When discussing treatments for drug addiction, instead of arguing about ideology, let's look at science.

Memo to Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Al Gore III: Drug Treatment Isn't a Silver Bullet

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. August 3, 2007.

It is time to treat addiction for what it is, a medical problem, not a criminal one -- even for celebrities who rely on rehab clinics to bail them out and continue driving down that road to oblivion.