First off I'm not former staff or a student--I do know two former students---have to say they have good opinions about these schools--not like fanatics---not on all parts of the program---but they don't seem like mind numbed robots to me. That's how I heard about this site--one of them reads it to see if old class mates post here---myself I'm intrigued since I want to work with teenagers in some school or setting.
I agree that drugs don't have to equal stupidity and delusions, it's also so true that a lot of drug use can be a kind of a red flag, like "why?" and when I hear people talking a whole lot of use, minimizing the risks/ overblowing the value, or for that matter, cussing and threatening people for disagreeing---like I've seen here pretty frequently---well, I'm going to say that people like that likley have a problem, and maybe the drug crutch is part of it---I dont' know if the school caused the problem or just couldn't help with it but there's a problem in posters who act this way
And maybe they're a little out of touch---or not really able to give a critical read on what is a good program---maybe it's all a grudge thing not the value of the program--even a lawsuit of a couple dozen people, maybe that's against large numbers of people who are OK with their experience, I mean people sue because they're greedy or not facing their own poor choices, too and suind isn't winning, anyone know that.
Would I work for one in the future? Depends on what sounds like the truth to me, that's why I'm interested