“The therapeutic community claims a 30% success rate, but they only count people who complete the program.” Califano adds that 70-80 percent have dropped out by the 3-6 month marker.

so, you're looking at something more like around a 6-9% success rate.

are you willing to redirect billions of dollars in health care spending for a program with a 95% failure rate?

you'd have to be pretty religious not to see the folly of this.

...or perhaps get very large checks from the relevant industries.