[stevenae]

Exclusion Criteria:

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- Current engagement in alcohol treatments, or currently engaged in intentional efforts to quit alcohol use

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~ https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05520775

[listenallyall]

If one volunteers to participate in a study of a drug suspected to reduce drinking, that itself is a contradiction of the exclusion criteria.

[serf]

>If one volunteers to participate in a study of a drug suspected to reduce drinking, that itself is a contradiction of the exclusion criteria.

no, it isn't. many trials offer financial compensation -- they may not be seeking treatment but rather just a payout.

[stevenae]

I'm not disagreeing with that, just stating how they define the term.