Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program for Adolescents in Keremeos, BC – Portage
Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program for adolescents in Keremeos, BC – Portage – Residents and graduates of the Portage Keremeos at “The Crossing” rehabilitation program describe their struggles with substance abuse and their appreciation for the Portage drug addiction rehabilitation program in BC. Residents, staff, and Portage British Columbia Board Members talk about how Portage helps BC 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
Drug addiction can be overcome
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