Inmates Defend Acupuncture Treatment of Drug Abuse

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, July, 2001 by Ananda Shorey

Flanagan said he is used to such skepticism from conventional doctors and bureaucrats, and is confident that the acupuncture treatments are working. "Opposition is more from the lack of knowledge about acupuncture than anything else because some people perceive it as being a form of voodoo therapy, in the fact that it is not standard in this country," he said.

"I look forward to the day where we can provide treatment on demand -- meaning every inmate who enters the system who has a drug problem will be able to take acupuncture treatment," he said.