“Second, the only proven technique for treatment for chemically dependent people involves use of a spiritual program of self-change.”

—  Virgil Miller Newton

Miller Newton (1983). The Teenage Drug Epidemic, El Paso Physician, vol 6, pp. 5-6.
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