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Since FDA-approved treatments for nicotine addiction can't crack 10% in real studies, this 30-40% number seems quite dubious. Faulty studies for nicotine give s
by praxeologist 14y ago
Since FDA-approved treatments for nicotine addiction can't crack 10% in real studies, this 30-40% number seems quite dubious. Faulty studies for nicotine give similarly high percentages.
- betterunix 14y agoNot all treatments are medical. Substance abuse is a behavioral problem, and approaches based on clinical psychology have been remarkably successful.
- praxeologist 14y agoWhat % is "remarkably successful" though? Maybe with current therapy for drug abuse we are fairly close to as good as we are ever going to get but I still doubt 30-40% of people who go into treatment stop using. People just don't change their behavior that easily. I work in tobacco so can only really speak about that but a quick google is showing similar single-digit success rates for drug treatment. I'm with Szasz that addiction is not a disease but this is not conventional wisdom. Obviously, drugs are not just given like how an antibiotic is, but drugs such as for related ailments like depression can be given for people in drug treatment AFAIK.