Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program for Adolescents in Atlantic Canada – Portage Cassidy Lake

Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program for adolescents in Atlantic Canada – Portage Cassidy Lake – Residents and graduates of the Portage Atlantic rehabilitation program at Cassidy Lake describe their struggles with substance abuse and their appreciation for the Portage drug addiction treatment program in New Brunswick. Residents, staff, and members of the community talk about how Portage helps Atlantic Canadian youth seek Freedom from Addiction. Portage is a cross-Canada non-profit organisation that fosters the strengths and skills of substance dependent persons to enable them, through comprehensive and cost-effective interventions based on the therapeutic community approach, to live lives of sobriety, filled with dignity, self-respect, and accomplishment. www.portage.ca

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