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What is 'success' in drug rehab? Programs need more than just anecdotes to prove they work

  • Written by Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
imagePeter Lyndon-James turned his life around and went on to establish a private rehabilitation service in Perth.YouTube screenshot

This week’s Australian Story was a compelling narrative of redemption. After a long history of problem drug use and related crime, Peter Lyndon-James’s life was turned around and he went on to establish a...

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