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ESSAY 11
THE "DRUG ADDICT IS INCURABLE" MYTH
The answer is right under our noses. We are blind to the
obvious. We have rejected the cure. The CURE for drug addic-
tion will also PREVENT drug addiction.
"The Teen Challenge [drug treatment program] is probably
the most effective rehabilitation program I've ever seen,"
exclaims Catherine Hess, MD. Dr. Hess was the former Assist-
ant Chief of the Cancer Control Program of the U S Public
Health Service. In addition, she started New York's methadone
program. She also headed a HEW study of Teen Challenge, the
results of which were published in 1975. The study revealed
that a phenomenal 86 percent of Teen Challenge graduates were
drug free seven years after completing the program! (For an
excellent article on the success of Teen Challenge, see
David Manuel, "Teen Challenge: Conquering Drugs," THE
SATURDAY EVENING POST, December 1987. Reprints are avail-
able).
The federal drug-rehabilitation center at Lexington,
Kentucky was closed because its cure rate was only about 4
percent. What is the key? The attempt by secular government
failed. The key is to have someone stronger that the drug
stronghold. Jesus of Nazareth is the key--when he comes in
the human heart, the bondage of drugs is broken!
END