York Skeptics present: What are the twelve steps?

York Skeptics present: What are the twelve steps?
With millions of members and over 200 organisations world wide, the 12 step programme of recovery has been used to help people recover from addiction and dependence since 1935. The most well known of the 12 step groups is Alcoholics Annoymous, … Read more on The Press, York

Could Paying Alcoholics With Booze Solve Our Opioid Problem?
Amsterdam, that progressive city known for solving prostitution, drug abuse and other social perversions by making virtually everything open and legal, has once again surged to the forefront in addressing problems of alcoholics. Their innovative solution? Read more on WorkersCompensation.com (press release)

Will Doctors Ever Prescribe Psychedelics?
MAPS recently sponsored a study of ayahuasca in the treatment of addiction in British Columbia. Bill W., the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, took LSD in the 1950s and felt it could play a major role in the treatment of addiction. The spiritual … Read more on Religion Dispatches