Why Is a Harm Reduction Approach to Treating Adolescents with Alcohol

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Multiple Choice

Why is a harm reduction approach to treating adolescents with alcohol use problems sometimes controversial?

• A)It can sometimes harm clients or their families.
• B)Abstinence should be the ideal goal of therapy.
• C)It is based on the idea that adolescents should have greater autonomy over their bodies than the law sometimes allows.
• D)Many adolescents lack the cognitive skills necessary to participate in this form of treatment.

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