Nor did some of my dear friends, longtime members of AA, who remain staunchly opposed to harm reduction and MAT for those working its twelve-step program. “There’s a reason why some people think NA and AA are cults,” said Mitchell, who used methadone, needle-exchange programs, and a secular support program called LifeRing to treat her heroin addiction. “They can’t take in any other information because it throws a different light on their own personal recovery.” As Trump-appointed attorney general Jeff Sessions said in March 2017: “We need to say, as Nancy Reagan said, ‘Just say no.’ Don’t do
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