Comments on: Causes, Treatment & Prevention Of Drug Abuse Training Video

By: NikoKun

NikoKun — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:51:13 +0000

Not saying we shouldn’t send people with serious drug problems, to treatment… But some of the methods described here, remind me of the brainwashing and molding techniques that a cult uses on it’s members.

But a bigger problem, is probably that so many people are forced into rehab treatment, when they didn’t need it; Simply because the Judge didn’t know any better, or had a moralist ego above the accused.

By: rosaryfilms

rosaryfilms — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:46:02 +0000

NikoKun, did you watch the entire video? There is no obligation to watch the entire video. I just think it would help with your comments if you watched the entire video.

By: NikoKun

NikoKun — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:22:34 +0000

I will.
My comment was based on the description, and a quick overview of the video.

By: camelhopper

camelhopper — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:42:37 +0000

So if it’s a public health issue, why do they send people to jail instead of a hospital>

By: camelhopper

camelhopper — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:17:13 +0000

And if it is a health issue, why is the director of the national institute on drug abuse not a medical doctor.

By: ChoofMonster

ChoofMonster — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:40:04 +0000

My first impression, too. Schuster has a Ph.D in psychology, which in this case is OK – NIDA is a purely political instrument.

In the 1980s, the primary treatment for ‘drug abuse’ was the revolving-door one-size-fits-all 12-step program; at least this video shows attempts to change this monopoly with individual treatment and properly evaluated medicines.

By: ChoofMonster

ChoofMonster — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:25:26 +0000

From the side panel:

“Nicotine patches or gum… can help persons addicted to nicotine.”

This was a marketing ploy to sell snake-oil to desperate addicts. Nicotine replacement has never been proven to work. Zyban (Wellbutrin) worked for me, but I could only get it for 90 days (it is approved for smoking cessation in Australia, not as an antidepressant).

By: Obiwannatokie

Obiwannatokie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:22:43 +0000

You don’t think nicotine replacement works? Do you understand how nicotine physically addicts a person?

By: ChoofMonster

ChoofMonster — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:38:16 +0000

The theory is good, but the nicotine in cigarettes is a different molecule to that in the gum and patches: smoking changes the molecule to ‘freebase’ due to the addition of ammonia to tobacco, so the craving persists. People chew, absorb and still smoke – there’s the psychological factor, too.

Our cigarette packets now contain no tar or nicotine content, only pictures of diseased lungs, gangrenous feet and scary statistics using the excuse “EVERY cigarette is doing you damage”.

By: Bud90

Bud90 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:10:52 +0000

Just say no! lol..