Monahan R J
Int J Addict. 1977 Sep;12(6):729-54. doi: 10.3109/10826087709024122.
Using mailed questionnaires, the Transcendental Meditation program was investigated as an approach to the secondary prevention of substance dependence. Significant differences were found between a random sample of meditators and matched control subjects in usage levels and percentage of users for almost all legal and illegal drugs. Meditators had used more prescribed psychoactive medications before learning meditation, but usage levels returned to normal soon after starting. Former users of alcohol, cigarettes, or illegal drugs achieved remarkable abstinence records. For most substances the amount of decrease was positively correlated with degree of participation in the program and the length of time meditating.
通过邮寄问卷的方式，对超觉静坐法作为预防药物依赖的二级预防方法进行了调查。在几乎所有合法和非法药物的使用水平及使用者百分比方面，冥想者的随机样本与匹配的对照对象之间存在显著差异。冥想者在学习冥想之前使用过更多的处方精神活性药物，但开始冥想后不久使用水平就恢复到了正常。曾经的酒精、香烟或非法药物使用者取得了显著的戒断记录。对于大多数物质，减少的量与参与该项目的程度和冥想时间长度呈正相关。
