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Taking a Stand

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Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

Fergal Keane talks to individuals who through conviction or circumstance have been forced to take a stand for what they believe in

Taking a Stand: 23/11/2010

23/11/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Taking a Stand, 23/11/2010

Fergal Keane talks to Noreen Oliver about the treatment of drug and alcohol addicts.

Fergal Keane talks to Noreen Oliver about how her own experience of overcoming an addiction to alcohol led her to become a champion of abstinence as a goal for all addicts.

Fergal Keane talks to Noreen Oliver about why her own experience of overcoming an addiction to alcohol led her to set up two treatment centres. She is now one of this country's leading advocates of abstinence as a goal for all addicts. There are over a quarter of a million people in Britain currently addicted to heroin and crack cocaine. The recovery rate is estimated to be three percent. Noreen Oliver believes that the over reliance on "substitute drugs" like methadone is preventing many addicts getting off drugs altogether.

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