Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly By Peter Provet, Ph.D. With some fanfare, President Bush announced his national drug control strategy this week. Propelled by an opportunistic association between drug use and terrorism, President Bush did what many presidents before him have done – strike a perceived balance between interdiction and prevention/treatment.
Peggy Orenstein’s cover article “Staying Clean” drew praise from rehab providers and former users confirming that, as reported, there is no quick fix in treating addiction and no guaranteed cure. Below is the response by Dr. Peter Provet, among the many written by treatment experts. Orenstein is right in…
To the editor: “As Drug Use Drops in Big Cities, Small Towns Confront Upsurge” (front page, Feb. 11) clearly tells America that drug abuse is a great equalizer. It does not segregate by class, race or geography. Cities, small towns and rural areas face similar challenges of keeping youngsters…
NineOneOne The Daily News By Susan Ferraro Salt in the wounds Among the millions traumatized by the attacks on the World Trade Center were thousands of New Yorkers already struggling, day to day, with recovery from substance abuse or painful or disabling physical problems. Among drug abusers, “A majority of…
To the editor: Monitoring prescriptions of OxyContin sounds like a good place to start to prevent increased abuse (“Few State Track Prescriptions as Way to Prevent Overdoses,” front page, Dec. 21). But we must also increase drug treatment programs and sponsor broader prevention and education campaigns. As a treatment…