Commentary: There is no known cure for addiction

I know that in previous letters to the editor of The Salt Lake Tribune, I have stressed the need for more treatment and rehab facilities to be made available to drug addicts as opposed to the law enforcement approach of arrests and jail sentences. While I still believe that to be true, I am now going to present the other side that many people don’t want to hear: There is no known cure for drug addiction.The most discouraging thing is that very few, maybe only 2 percent of addicts or alcoho