Pubdate: Thu, 26 Sep 2002
Source: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Copyright: 2002 Chicago Tribune Company
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Author: Thom Rutledge

DRUG TREATMENT

Nashville -- Thank you for Clarence Page's column "Drug war hits home for 
Bush brothers" (Commentary, Sept. 15). Supporting treatment rather than 
incarceration for alcoholics and drug addicts is often erroneously 
considered a soft position with the intention of letting addicts off the hook.

With quality treatment, the opposite is true: Recovery from chemical 
dependence has nothing to do with getting off the hook, and everything to 
do with stepping up to the plate and taking responsibility for our lives.
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