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by Dominic Perrottet

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Filed under: Addiction, Drugs, Health, Rehabilitation, Society, Sweden

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Rehabilitation works. Just ask Sally*, who first injected heroin at the of 15.

Needles cause problems, not solve them

By 19, she was injecting four times a day and was working as a prostitute to pay for her habit. This continued until she met a social worker who referred her to a drug rehabilitation clinic.

After a tough battle with a few setbacks, Sally is able to live without heroin, and is now completing her second year of a law degree. And this is all thanks to rehabilitation.

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stephen says:

11:53pm | 03/12/11

I think you’ve made a causal connection which is not real : that the Portuguese have de-criminalized drugs, this would not be a reason that people would access treatments for drug and alcohol services ; rather, medical support, and family and friends would, I’d think, be a more accurate reason… Read more »
thomas vesely says:

03:45pm | 03/12/11

‘It’s tough, it’s expensive, but rehab really works’, for the rehab. industry. Read more »

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