Lonny Shavelson's "Hooked"

Paper Summary:

This paper reports that Lonny Shavelson, in his book "Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System", contends that too many rehab systems release or kick out addicts for relapsing and that drug rehab programs focus on stopping the addict rather than fixing why the person became an addict. The paper relates that Shavelson's book, which compares the amounts of federal money spent on drug rehabilitation vs. the Drug War, is a testament that the direction of funding agencies and rehabs are on the wrong part of the drug issue. The author of the paper concludes by agreeing with Shavelson that psychological treatment and drug treatment need to go hand in hand and that aftercare programs should be mandatory for at least 2 years.

From the Paper:

"Shavelson finds Crystal in a drug court caught up in a system where she keeps getting sent back to a treatment program with harsher and harsher restrictions. All Crystal has to do is stay free from drugs and she will be out of the drug court system, but she cannot. Shavelson views drug courts as a good way to help the addict without furthering their addiction or having their addiction take them down a criminal path if they are not already on one."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Addiction Psychotherapy." Aftercare Therapy. 2007. Canadadetox.com. 7 May. 2007. <http://www.canadadetox.com/English/aftercare_therapy.asp>
• "Morningside Recovery's Aftercare Program." Psychology religon aftercare. 2007. Slbi.com. May 7. 2007. <https://www.slbmi.com/psychology_religion/psychology_religion_aftercare_program.htm>
• Shavelson, Lonny. Hooked: five addicts challenge our misguided drug rehab system. New York: New Press: W.W. Norton, 2001.
• Mother Jones Magazine. July/August 2001. Photowords.com. 7 May. 2007. <http://www.photowords.com/Hooked%20review,%20Moo.htm>

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