Promises and Dr. David Sack in the Media

As a leader in the addiction treatment field, Dr. David Sack of Promises Treatment Centers is often sought after by the media (both in the U.S. and abroad) when they have questions about addiction and treatment.

Here are just some of the places Dr. Sack has been quoted or has appeared.

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• Los Angeles Business Journal, April 2010, on the Promises transformation under Dr. David Sack

  http://www.promises.com/news/remaking-promises-treatment-centers/

• ABC News, February 2010, “Is Tough Love the Right Approach for Drug Addicts?”

  “Many parents hold off taking action or getting help because they feel like anything they do is dangerous. What they forget is that the situation they’re in is terribly dangerous,” Dr. David Sack, a board certified psychiatrist and CEO of Promises Treatment Center, said. “How can you look at a mother whose child is smoking heroin and say, ‘Yes. It’s OK. Don’t do anything. Nothing’s going to happen to your child.’ That child is at risk of overdose.”

  http://abcnews.go.com/WN/tough-love-families-dealing-drug-addiction/story?id=9841591#.TrsMQEP7i0g

• Time Magazine, February 2010, “Michael Jackson’s Health: Why Do Doctors Coddle Celebrities?”

  Dr. David Sack, CEO of Promises Treatment Centers, an alcohol-abuse rehabilitation program in Malibu and West Los Angeles that has many celebrity clients, says that at the very least the case will serve as a cautionary tale. “In many instances where there’s been a fatality and there has been an investigation, the doctors have been reprimanded by the board, licenses have been suspended or revoked, but every one of these instances reminds the public and physicians of the risks,” says Sack. “Will that be enough? For some it will, and for some it won’t.”

  Sack points out an often fatal misconception. “What I would hope, first of all,” he says, “is that people would realize that just because a drug is prescribed doesn’t mean it’s safe. It’s only safe in a context, and once you change that context and you start to mix it with other pills and alcohol, it’s not going to be safe. The public needs education, and I think physicians, when they realize the risks, are much less likely to be pressured into prescribing them when they’re inappropriate or, more importantly, prescribing things without adequate supervision.”

  Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1964321,00.html#ixzz1dFnxVsff

• Dr. Sack quoted by The Wall Street Journal, November 2008, “Rehab Programs Extend Stays to 3 Months”

  http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/11/10/rehab-programs-extend-stays-to-3-months/

• Dr. Sack quoted in the Los Angeles Times, November 2008, “Substance Abuse Treatment, Drug Abuse, Clinical Outcomes”

  http://www.promises.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/la-times.pdf (pdf)

• Promises Mentioned in LA Confidential, January 2008 “Promises “Promises”

  “…Unlike its imitators, Promises isn’t just a superficial setting for sobriety. Boasting literally thousands of success stories for over two decades (in both Malibu and West LA outpost)…its approach to sobriety is as serious-minded as can be, no matter how rich, powerful, or privileged the client.
  Los Angeles Confidential Magazine

  Download pdf of article http://www.promises.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/la-confidential.pdf

• Dr. David Sack Interview on American Health Journal (PBS)

  http://www.promises.com/news/american-health-journal/

• Promises listed as a Top 10 Drug Rehab Center in the World on ListafterList.com

  http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/10491/Health/Top+10+Drug+Rehab+Centers+in+the+World.aspx