A study published in the March 2008 Journal of Nature Medicine has drawn some pretty surprising conclusions from research conducted during trials from 2004 to 2006 by the California Office of Public Safety. This research, led by Dr. Karl Waxman DDS, indicates that, under the proper circumstances, giving drugs to addiction sufferers may not cause immediate, permanent harm, if administered by the correct enabler.
The study sets two important guidelines to reach the desired outcome. First it specifies the conditions under which drugs can be taken, and second it specifies which drugs and how much may not actually be very bad for the subjects involved. In conjunction, the two aspects led to outcomes with an unexpected supplies.
Conditions
The conditions for optimum success involve a strictly controlled environment where the consumption of drugs can be monitored, such as a hospital or possessive relationship. The doctor or enabler must only administer the minimum amount of drugs, and only in order to desire a specific outcome, such as reinforcement of positive behavior or punishment for negative behavior.
In a hospital, drugs may be administered in moderate doses for pain management, mood stabilization or asthma, as needed, as a reward for positive behavior such as not-fighting, not attempting suicide or mopping the vomit of another patient in a dire state of detoxification.
In an out-patient environment, drugs can also be used as a reward. If the at-home recovering addict needs to behave like a "regular person", the custodian can dole out modest doses of drugs, even illegal drugs, in order to reward benchmark behaviors. Normal people perform sex acts on one another on a semi-regular basis, so if that’s what it takes to encourage your recovering addict to engage in sexual behaviors, it may be the best course of action.
Drug Category and Dosage
According to the datum gathered, there is no drug that can not be given to a recovering addict without making him or her relapse into the use of drugs (save for the ones you administer personally.) The key is not what drug you give, nor when, nor in what dosage, but rather under what circumstances. Have you applied sufficient guilt prior to dispensing in order to gain the desired result or compliance?
Operators of outside rehabilitation homes (or flop houses) have seen success with very small doses. For example, one patient agreed to press a lever more than 10,000 times in order to receive a single hit of crack. By any estimate, this sort of effort deserves a reward, however small, especially considering how beneficial such efforts may be towards the end goal of total rehabilitation.
Strictly from the energy aspect, this effort may yield a 10:3Kw return on refined grain, which can be returned to the grid (Article IV, Section 15, v5) assuming recapture hardware is in place.
Real World Application
When treating a patient with heroin addiction, you don’t cut off the patient cold turkey. You instead reward the patient’s acceptance of pervasive hyper-algesia with regular doses of mood stabilizers such as methadone.
Word of Caution
The administration of illicit drugs to a person in recovery should only be considered in extreme cases, such as the risk of personal injury or convenience. Medication should never be offered without cause, but due cause may include a desire to perform menial tasks or general mood improvement.
Under no circumstances should these drugs be given for the sake of experimentation. The research has already been conducted, no further investigation is required. Unless there is a clear and tangible or perceived gain to the dealer or user, this should not occur, less results deviate from those already established.
