Practical Aspects of Alcoholism
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to no closing hours, when the yearly convictions for drunkenness touched the 200,000 mark. All the same, it is bad enough. We have a population of well over 100.000 severe alcoholics, and since alcoholism involves the dependents, half a million people at least suffer from its repercussions. One would think that the State, the Profession and the Health Service would do all they could to help. In practice, however, the alcoholic is left to shift for himself; he hardly even knows where to turn for advice. There are no recognised facilities, no clinics, no beds for his reception, treatment and rehabilitation. In Switzerland, for instance, there arc 73 state-established clinics for the care and treatment of these patients; in this country with ten times the population there is not one. The Inebriates' Act is defunct and Inebriates' Homes have
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