How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan
“Quality Counts,” reads a headline on the homepage. “Find the Best Treatment.” Visitors can answer a few questions, and be shown only programs with the qualities they're likely to need. Or they can enter their zip code, and scroll through programs by …
Read more on NBCNews.com

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment across US
NEW YORK — As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for …
Read more on Taunton Daily Gazette

In Defense Of 12 Steps: What Science Really Tells Us About Addiction
The chips AA members receive to mark sobriety. (Randy Heinitz/Flickr). Last week, Radio Boston featured an interview with Dr. Lance Dodes, author of “The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry. … The …
Read more on WBUR

Challenging Alcoholics Anonymous as the model for substance abuse treatment
Dr. Lance Dodes, MD, former director of Harvard's substance abuse treatment unit at McLean Hospital and co-author of the upcoming book, The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind Twelve-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry. Marc Mahoney …
Read more on 89.3 KPCC