A member of the Chicago Crystal Meth Task Force ( CCMTF ) and a local addiction expert have sounded off against a meth addiction advertisement that has appeared in various gay publications.

An ad for PROMETA®, which bills itself as a “comprehensive addiction treatment,” shows one man holding another ( who appears to be an addict ) along with the line “He means the world to you. Meth means the world to him. How will you treat it?” In the lower left part of the ad, PROMETA is described as “a promising new treatment protocol that includes medical, nutritional, and psychological aspects.” However, part of the fine print ( on the right-hand sidee of the ad ) reads, “Clinical studies are underway to evaluate PROMETA and to confirm reports from physicians using PROMETA in their practices.”

For the past two weeks, local gay publications, including Windy City Times, ran a letter from the CCMTF that warned people, in part, that “despite how wonderful something may appear, there is no ‘magic formula’ when it comes to treating addiction. If it sounds too good to be true, maybe it is.”


Read the rest in the Windy City Times.

Read past post on this subject here.