Terren Peizer, CEO of Hythiam Inc.,
Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Hythiam Inc.

Terren Peizer, CEO of Hythiam Inc. (Nasdaq: HYTM) presides over the opening bell to celebrate recent corporate milestones including the first third-party research validation of the PROMETA(TM) protocols, and adoption of the Company's PROMETA protocols by the City Court of Gary, Indiana after a successful National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) commercial pilot.

Hythiam(R) is a healthcare services management company focused on delivering solutions for those suffering from alcoholism and other substance dependencies. Hythiam researches, develops, licenses and commercializes innovative physiological, nutritional, and behavioral treatment protocols for substance dependence. Additionally, Hythiam provides proprietary administrative services to assist physicians and facilities with staff education, marketing and sales support, and outcomes tracking for data analysis. For further information please visit http://www.hythiam.com.

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