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history of treatment  

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  • Written records pertaining to addictions to alcohol and other drugs have existed since at least the colonial period in America. Society's reactions to addiction have varied widely from benign neglect to religious or moral sermonizing to attempts at scientific and medical treatments. [Source: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery; Treatment, History of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NH4RR1LP-Z

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