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Article: In support of abstinence: harm reduction ultimately fails to improve the quality of life for people with addictions.(PERSPECTIVES)(Viewpoint essay)
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- Behavioral Healthcare
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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Many visitors to Caron Treatment Centers' main campus in Pennsylvania remark about a sign in the admissions area that says "If you want to drink--that's your business! If you want to stop drinking that's our business!" This is the driving principle upon which Dick and Catherine Caron founded Chit Chat Farms (today known as Caron Treatment Centers) 50 years ago. Today, we continue to uphold the values of our founders to do the right thing by providing hope for people affected by the disease of chemical dependency. As the president and CEO of Caron, I have the privilege of seeing how a successful recovery can impact a patient and his/her family. Through sobriety, patients ...