“Critics point to the fact that San Patrignano’s program focuses on wellness, abstinence from substance use, and hard work, but rejects use of scientifically-proven medications long considered the gold standard for treating alcohol and opioid dependency by public health officials in the U.S. and in Italy.
“This [opposition to medications] is very hard to answer without getting angry,” said Dr. Robert Heimer.”
Big pharma hit piece? No mention of pharmaceutical companies funding the good doctor’s research or NPR for that matter. It’s definitely not a fair and balanced article.
“It’s definitely not a fair and balanced article.”
No, it’s not.
Far from it.
In fact, it reflects a stubborn adherence to something which drives me crazy:
“We know what we’re doing; don’t question us. Your ideas are stupid because we didn’t come up with them ourselves AND your concept doesn’t use pharmacology.”
But what do we expect from npr anyway???