> There are many more attendees of M.A. meetings than there are of people in recovery A lot of people are forced to (or "elect" to) mandatory drug treatment/co

> There are many more attendees of M.A. meetings than there are of people in recovery A lot of people are forced to (or "elect" to) mandatory drug treatment/counseling as an alternative to harsher sentencing for first-time marijuana offenses. Success rates are obviously low for these, for the same reasons that requiring all college students who ever drink alcohol to attend AA meetings would have low "success" rates. You can't assume all people who attend drug treatment actually have a drug problem.