Letters to the Editor: Why not promote 12-step groups to curb fentanyl overdoses? (via latimesopinion)
Some users take drugs to self-medicate for a host of problems that afflict humanity. That’s going to be a continuing demand.
You don’t deal with the latter group with therapy. You use the same type of educational program that was used successfully with cigarettes. There are people who will listen and quit, and there are people who won’t listen, and many of them will die. We have to cast off this fantasy that we can save everybody. It’s not going to happen.The only way to prevent addiction is to prevent the brain’s contact with the addictive substance in the first place or to intervene before a drug or alcohol use disorder takes hold.
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