The fact is that HLA may have a certain rate of "success-as-yet-to-be-defined", but there is no chance that rate is any HIGHER than it's graduates are. And that's the word.
Word. That was a good one. :rofl:
I always wondered if incarceration at HLA only delays dealing with substance issues and excelerates use, post program.
I've read many accounts of kids who hadn't used drugs before, or had only smoke pot a few times, and some having never done either, getting way into drugs post HLA. Could it be a boomerang kind of effect? Over indulgence due to 'deprivation' or involuntary 'treatment'?
There are no unbiased, third-party statistics on 'success' or efficacy. But, if the average retention rate is what it's been stated to be, 40%, that speaks volumes. The only way we'd have accurate data is if every kid that attended was tracked, or as many as could be located.
I noticed on MySpace that there are a large number of kids who were kicked out just a month or two before graduating. Could that be because HLA didn't 'fix' them and they didn't want them messing up their internal stats? I would assume that only grads are included in the 'success' rate.
I also wondered how many of those kids were on Scholarship and their parents ended up having to repay all that scholarship money because they didn't complete the program.
I also noticed there's been a number of deaths post program. Maybe 6 or 7, as I recall. No suicides that I'm aware of, but that seems a large percentage of say 1,000 kids who may have attended. Seems odd.