What's worse than drug addiction? The cruelty of drug treatments.

a post by Maia Szalavitz for the Big Think blog

Drug treatment centers pose potential threats to drug addicts.

• Many drug treatment centers are run as for-profit institutions. Making a buck off of treating people's addictions often runs counter to actually helping addicts.
• Some Chinese drug centers are experimenting with removing an addict's nucleus accumbens, which saps them of their ability to feel pleasure.
• The solution to drug addiction may be creating better drugs to use, says author and journalist Maia Szalavitz.

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and you will discover that the post is primarily an advert for a book. I think I might try it -- maybe, just may be, I will get some tip on living with an alcoholic without murder or suicide being the end,

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