Posts Tagged ‘Advocacy’
Open Letter to SAMHSA
Earlier this year, the C Three Foundation, with the help of Stephen Cox, MD; Roy Eskapa, Ph.D.; and Jukka Keski-Pukkila of the Contral Clinics, submitted an application for The Sinclair Method to be recognized in SAMHSA’s National Registry for Evidence-based Programs and Practices. On March 4, we received notification that our application was denied review…
Read MoreC Three Foundation response to The Atlantic/All In on MSNBC
Journalist Gabrielle Glaser has created quite a stir with her April 2015 article in The Atlantic titled “The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous.” In her article, she highlights the lack of science behind 12-step programs. This lack of science is, in part, due to AA’s anonymity principle. The organization does not keep member or case files…
Read MoreFDA Draft Guidance is Reason to Celebrate
On February 11, 2015 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research issued a draft guidance that would allow the reduction of harmful drinking to be considered a successful outcome in clinical trials. Read the full draft: Alcoholism: Developing Drugs for Treatment…
Read MoreIndustry in Denial: 90% failure rates are NOT effective
Every day, I read 10-20 articles about alcoholism, addiction treatment, drunk driving, nalmefene, naltrexone, and alcohol laws, just to name a few of the alerts that fill my inbox daily. Some get shared on the various C Three Foundation social media pages, others are commented on or discarded due to scientific inaccuracies. But when Why…
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