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The ‘War On Drugs’ was an expensive multi-decade initiative to alleviate the growing drug problem in the US… So why did it fail?
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The 12-Step program developed by Alcoholics Anonymous is the world’s most effective and widely available path to alcohol recovery. Research shows that AA participants achieve…