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The acronym Drug Addicts Yielding TO Persuasion does not appear on their web site. It appears to be a fabrication. If you are the author please provide a source citation. I ♥ ♪♫ ( talk) 04:38, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Ah, it's in the NY Times article cited. DS ( talk) 22:03, 24 April 2010 (UTC) reply

From what I have read about Joe Ricci and Elan School, Daytop sounds very similar in terms of manipulating and brainwashing people - as well as kidnapping students who ran away from Elan and returning them. This article makes it sound like there is nothing remotely controversial about Daytop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.137.96.236 ( talk) 19:56, 15 February 2023 (UTC) reply