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Article: Treatment key to battling drug abuse, expert says
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- February 24, 2003
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Hawaii politicians need to battle substance abuse with treatment based on science and research, says an internationally recognized authority in the field.
"Addicted people are sick people who need to get well, not bad people who need to be punished," Terence Gorski, consultant on substance abuse, mental health, violence and crime, said in a recent interview. "Anyone who says drug treatment doesn't work is highly misinformed."
Gorski was a key speaker and trainer at conferences sponsored by the Pacific Institute of Chemical Dependency at the Japanese Cultural Center last month.
About 160 people attended the meetings each day, and "they really liked what he had to say," said Ken Hansen, ...