By Stanton Peele, PH.D., Founder, Life Process Program June, 2023 As medical treatment for drug use and depression continue to increase, more people— often young people— suffer and die from each. What’s the connection? Is it social connection? A strange phenomenon occurred during the Vietnam War. After the Secretaries of Defense who maintained the war — Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford — resigned, they each confessed that they had been conning the public about how well the war was going.