Benson & Wallace, 1972b
Benson, H.; and Wallace, R. K. Decreased drug abuse with Transcendental Meditation: A study of 1,862 subjects. In Drug Abuse: Proceedings of the International Conference, ed. C. J. D. Zarafonetis, pp. 369–376. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1972.
Drug abuse and drug selling were found to decrease among individuals practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique. Also, attitudes were found to change in the direction of discouraging others from abusing drugs.
- Year
- 1972
- Publication type
- Conference Proceedings
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 1, pp. 498–505
- Section
- Rehabilitation
Findings (5)
Health Promoting Behavior
Decreased Drug Abuse
Transcendental Meditation · Retrospective survey within group
Decreased Use of Alcohol
Transcendental Meditation · Retrospective survey within group
Decreased Use of Cigarettes
Transcendental Meditation · Retrospective survey within group
Decreased Drug Selling
Transcendental Meditation · Retrospective survey within group
Increased Tendency to Discourage the Use of Drugs by Others
Transcendental Meditation · Retrospective survey within group
Authors
- R. Keith Wallace, PhD
Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Herbert Benson, MD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA