Re:Paper about Herbalife-related patient death removed after...
by xg15 on Monday December 21, 2020 @03:41AM
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> The truth? Especially in anything related to alcohol/substance abuse, there most often is no objective "truth"
I dunno, sounds pretty objective to me:
> Out of the 20 patients the Sobell study claimed were moderately drinking, only one arguably was still moderately drinking a decade later.
Of course, to conclude from a 20 person study that moderate drinking can never work is another thing. But simply ignoring the study can't be the solution either.
> What does help however is "housing first"
This is probably true, but you didn't give any empirical evidence for that either. Also, not all alcoholics are homeless.
I dunno, sounds pretty objective to me:
> Out of the 20 patients the Sobell study claimed were moderately drinking, only one arguably was still moderately drinking a decade later.
Of course, to conclude from a 20 person study that moderate drinking can never work is another thing. But simply ignoring the study can't be the solution either.
> What does help however is "housing first"
This is probably true, but you didn't give any empirical evidence for that either. Also, not all alcoholics are homeless.