NT Report Finds mandatory alcohol treatment Ineffective

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A report released today by the Northern Territory government into the Alcohol Mandatory Treatment scheme has shown it to be a costly failure.

The report says there is no statistically significant evidence of any long-term benefits for those who have participated, or reductions in alcohol related crime and hospitalisations as a whole.

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Friday, April 21 2017
Produced By Chinel Botha
Featured in storyMs Natasha Fyles, Health Minister and spokesperson for Alcohol Policy for the Northern TerritoryDr Robert Parker, Nothern Teritory President for the Australian Medical AssociationMr Richard Mitchell, Executive Officer for the Association for Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies NT
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