Reply #14: But you can't just narrowly focus on that and ignore possible dangerous side effects.

[Pithlet]

It's not as though there aren't multiple methods that are already been proven to be pretty effective. You have to look at the whole picture to assess if there is any potential harm that goes along with whatever benefit it may have. I'd say that getting sucked into scam that borders on a brainwashing cult is a harmful side effect. Scientology has a very bad track record with regard to such things. They heavily and aggressively recruit members and attack those who are critical. People suffering from addiction are in a vulnerable state, and if the federal government is going to give an organization like that money, they need to be very sure that there aren't ulterior motives, and that the organization leaves any hint of recruitment right out of it. Scientology is very heavily driven by recruitment, so I don't trust them at all, no matter how effective their system may or may not be.