Archive for July, 2005

Treating Drug Addicts with More Drugs

Government-funded clinical trials for drug substitution addiction treatment practices have increased substantially in the last decadeAlcohol and other drug addictions are fought on many fronts. Billions of dollars have been spent on researching unproven theories and treatments by some groups and th…

Addiction Treatment Admissions Trends

A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) showed that addiction treatment admissions for methamphetamine and prescription painkillers increased substantially from 2002 to 2003. Primary methamphetamine treatment admissions rose ten percent from 105,000 t…

The Psychiatric Invasion of Addiction Treatment

Addiction book author offers support and evidence to back up Tom Cruise’s statements about psychiatric drugs

The connection between psychiatry and drugs is not new. In fact, many psychiatric diagnoses call for drugs as part of their treatment protocol.

The latest trend in drug addiction diag…