Drug Rehabilation needs Abstinence
A drug addict's best chance of recovery lies in practicing total abstinence.
After abstinence has been maintained for 5 years relapse is rare for addicts.
The goal of drug rehabilitation should be total abstinence to secure a stable future for drug addicts.
Drug addicts can be subject to an order forcing them into effective long term life saving treatment.
Harm minimum programs that attempt to guide addicts into controlled use of drugs are misguided.
(Source: The Australian newspaper, 30-31 October 2009)
DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMENTS-
This timely article based on an expert drug advisors long term experience shows that illicit drug users can be helped to get themselves drug free by abstinence based rehabilitation.
Early intervention drug detoxification and rehabilitation is essential to help drug addicts to get off drug use permanently.
Court ordered and supervised compulsory detoxification and rehabilitation may be necessary to complete the recovery in drug addicts.
Detoxification and rehabilitation to get drug users free of illicit drug use is good public policy to forestall the costs of harm to the addicts, the community and the taxpayer.
THE DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS-
More detoxification & rehabilitation that gets illicit drug users drug free.
Court ordered and supervised detoxification & rehabilitation.
Less illicit drug users, drug pushers and drug related crimes.
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