A pilot drug treatment program that got added to the Texas state budget last year has yet to get off the ground, and some experts are speculating as to the program's potential for real success.

"The drug therapy, called Prometa, is a costly combination of drugs and nutritional supplements each approved by the Food and Drug Administration individually, but never evaluated as a combination to treat substance abuse. Many drug treatment experts fear that the regimen was rushed to market and that Texas lawmakers fell for the marketing pitch, The Dallas Morning News reported Monday."

The Prometa program is intended to treat meth addiction, and corrections departments in some smaller counties have considered making it a mandatory condition of release for convicts. Still, many experts site the lack of adequate clinical trials and maintain that the program has not been proven effective. Read more at KSAT.com.

Excel Academy is a private high school in Texas that offers a sober environment for teens dealing with substance abuse.

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