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Anyone who has been through rehab or any other type of addiction treatment in America knows that it is radically different from any other sort of medical care. Now, a groundbreaking new report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University confirms the woeful details. Titled “Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice,” the study is scathing in its condemnation: addiction treatment is a “non-system” that the medical profession has almost entirely neglected, leaving it to a patchwork of treatment programs, including many that offer unproven therapies, untrained staff, little medical supervision and less accountability.

Why Addiction Treatment Is a Disaster, By Maia Szalavitz, the fix

(Source: harmreduction)

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