One current solution is to send the drug-addicted athletes to clinics offering packaged programs which are of short duration. Players come out of drug programs with a new vocabulary and practiced catch phrases. They proclaim themselves cured and some of them even find religion. All are desperate attempts to deal with the internal demons that they find unable to conquer. They are ashamed of this perceived weakness.
Relapses are frequent and the public's reactions range from sympathy to contempt.
Given the low recovery rate, which is reportedly below 20 percent, I think not. Sadly, few in and out of baseball appreciate or see the scope of the problem, and if they do, they choose not to address it. Many are more interested in profit sharing, television revenues, wins and losses. Just look at the current sorry state of baseball if you doubt this premise. As long as Darryl Strawberry can hit a ball and Steve Howe can get batters out, they will have a team to play for.