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	<title><![CDATA[Lies, Damn Lies and Drug Statistics: Treatment Version]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/lies-damn-lies-and-drug-s_b_151203.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p> <br />
When Minnesota Teen Challenge (MNTC) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rich-scherber/setting-the-record-straig_b_151091.html">responded</a> to my recent <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/drug-czar-pick-earmarks-c_b_149614.html">blog entry</a> about their anti-drug program, they cited a <a href="http://www.wilder.org/download.0.html?report=2008&amp;summary=1">"study" </a> to back their claims of being an effective treatment for addiction. </p>

<p>What this paper actually shows is how easy it is produce good looking numbers. In that way, it's actually quite instructive for anyone who wants to understand addiction research--or wants to avoid being taken in by exaggerated outcome data. </p>

<p>Even more intriguingly, MNTC failed...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Living]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-15T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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