Canada Teaches Alcoholics to Make Their Own Beer
 

Another innovative harm-reduction strategy from the Vancouver group that introduced crack pipe vending machines: Brewing lessons for hardened alcoholics. The Portland Hotel Society, which works to help addicts and the mentally ill in the Canadian city, says the aim is to steer extreme alcoholics away from more dangerous substances like rubbing alcohol. "Obviously, we'd rather they didn’t drink," the group's director tells the Vancouver Sun. "But if they do, we'd rather they didn't drink hand sanitizer."

 

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