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The war on drugs is being lost. Vast sums are spent by the United States and other countries on preventing the flow of drugs, but drug supplies cannot be stopped while demand remains so high and the drug business continues to be so profitable. Despite national and international efforts, the drug tide seems unimpeded and no standard treatment/rehabilitation programme can claim particular success. Within the last several years, increasing interest is being shown in alternative and folk methods of treating addicts. While it is recongnized that no one therapeutic programme can be consistently the best or most appropriate for all addicts, the almost uniform lack of success of standard hospital-based addiction therapy programmes indicates a success rate far superior to that of orthodox methods. However, it is not only the appallingly poor performance of the orthodox programmes that makes almost any other approach of interest, but also the fact that many of the alternative programmes contain therapeutic elements applicable to other treatment modalities. This book discusses many of these alternative methods including biofeedback, acupuncture, herbal remedies, Native American therapies, spiritual and meditation therapies, and back-to-nature therapies. In clear language, it explains what they do, whom they treat and what can be learned from them.

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Schelder writes in a straightforward, analytical style, and he is well informed about the history relevant to the issues he addresses.....--Torin Alter Social Theory And Practice, Vol.26, No.1 (Spring 2000)

A useful and provocative stimulus to continued discussion concerning the serious and unresolved issue of racism in our society... -- Manuel Davenport, Texas A&M University Southwest Philosophy Review Schelder writes in a straightforward, analytical style, and he is well informed about the history relevant to the issues he addresses... -- Torin Alter, Department of Philosophy, The University of Alabama Social Theory and Practice, Vol.26, No.1 (Spring 2000)

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George Schedler is professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

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