tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post2529116358198861523..comments2023-10-05T04:44:25.174-05:00Comments on Addiction Inbox: Heroin in Vietnam: The Robins Study ReexaminedDirk Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-56943854164273227392015-11-01T15:25:39.156-06:002015-11-01T15:25:39.156-06:00In her review of the study she named some possible...In her review of the study she named some possible reasons for the difference. Those 5 % were not only using heroine or opium, they were using a whole bunch of different drugs at the same time. And if I remember correctly many of them already did before they went to Vietnam. That means they developed a behaviour of drug abuse already back in the US, with patterns and triggers that were present in their everyday life in the US, something that did not apply for the 95% who had only been addicted in Vietnam (Robins was not convinced of that particular theory though, even though I think it sounds completely logical). Those 5% were also the few who went to therapy. Robins suspected that the reality of a heroine addict was a kind of self fulfilling prophecy a construction of reality to which therapy contributed.Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383982488717791376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-9636545980124966262012-01-25T17:20:26.630-06:002012-01-25T17:20:26.630-06:00Don't tell HazeldenDon't tell HazeldenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com