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Is it me or it looks like it has been written by a kid or a redditer and not something I would expect from a serious org? EDIT: looks like it is mostly an adve

Is it me or it looks like it has been written by a kid or a redditer and not something I would expect from a serious org? EDIT: looks like it is mostly an advertising company: "Addiction Center receives advertising payments from the treatment centers that answer calls to the toll free numbers listed on the websites and is not associated with any specific treatment provider. Addiction Center receives advertising payments from the treatment providers that respond to chat requests on the websites and is not associated with any specific treatment provider. Addiction Center is not a medical provider or treatment facility and does not provide medical advice. Addiction Center does not endorse any treatment facility or guarantee the quality of care provided, or the results to be achieved, by any treatment facility. The information provided by Addiction Center is not a substitute for professional treatment advice."

blackhawkC17 3y ago
Looks like an SEO-optimized post to direct people to their website.
VS1999 3y ago
I know this is a horrible article written to sell services, but I skimmed through it and wanted to check their claim on alcohol being 3x more dangerous than cocaine. I tried to follow the "study released" hyperlink which just lead to reuters (another blog site) which repeated the claims and doesn't link the study either. The state of the internet is not good.
- aaron695 3y ago
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vargr616 3y ago
yeah, seems to be one of those studies where the outcome was known from the start due to bias in the method. >In an effort to offer a guide to policy makers in health, policing, and social care, Nutt's team rated drugs using a technique called multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) which assessed damage according to nine criteria on harm to the user and seven criteria on harm to others. >Harms to the user included things such as drug-specific or drug-related death, damage to health, drug dependence and loss of relationships, while harms to others included crime, environmental damage, family conflict, international damage, economic cost, and damage to community cohesion. >The scientists found alcohol was most harmful, with a score of 72, followed by heroin with 55 and crack with 54. Indeed, because if I drink one beer it'll be 17% worse off than doing one dose of heroin. My only gripe is that they seem to intentionally mislead readers by treating heavy users of alcohol the same way as light users of other harder drugs. Clearly, the issue is real, but actions like this will only worsen the public perception on the subject instead of re-affirming it.
- swores 3y ago
  Yes, alcohol is indeed much more dangerous than heroin. Not just when considering a single dose, though. Not necessarily than street heroin, ie the heroin that people use, because that can contain any number of other drugs or substances, and even if it doesn't contain anything more dangerous there's still added danger from not knowing the dose. If you could buy well-manufactured heroin from a supermarket or a pharmacy, or get it prescribed by your doctor, you'd be extremely unlikely to overdose unless wanting to kill yourself, and it would be a much healthier addiction to get than alcohol.

blackhawkC17 3y ago

Looks like an SEO-optimized post to direct people to their website.

VS1999 3y ago

I know this is a horrible article written to sell services, but I skimmed through it and wanted to check their claim on alcohol being 3x more dangerous than cocaine. I tried to follow the "study released" hyperlink which just lead to reuters (another blog site) which repeated the claims and doesn't link the study either. The state of the internet is not good.

aaron695 3y ago
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vargr616 3y ago

yeah, seems to be one of those studies where the outcome was known from the start due to bias in the method. >In an effort to offer a guide to policy makers in health, policing, and social care, Nutt's team rated drugs using a technique called multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) which assessed damage according to nine criteria on harm to the user and seven criteria on harm to others. >Harms to the user included things such as drug-specific or drug-related death, damage to health, drug dependence and loss of relationships, while harms to others included crime, environmental damage, family conflict, international damage, economic cost, and damage to community cohesion. >The scientists found alcohol was most harmful, with a score of 72, followed by heroin with 55 and crack with 54. Indeed, because if I drink one beer it'll be 17% worse off than doing one dose of heroin. My only gripe is that they seem to intentionally mislead readers by treating heavy users of alcohol the same way as light users of other harder drugs. Clearly, the issue is real, but actions like this will only worsen the public perception on the subject instead of re-affirming it.

swores 3y ago
Yes, alcohol is indeed much more dangerous than heroin. Not just when considering a single dose, though. Not necessarily than street heroin, ie the heroin that people use, because that can contain any number of other drugs or substances, and even if it doesn't contain anything more dangerous there's still added danger from not knowing the dose. If you could buy well-manufactured heroin from a supermarket or a pharmacy, or get it prescribed by your doctor, you'd be extremely unlikely to overdose unless wanting to kill yourself, and it would be a much healthier addiction to get than alcohol.