Radical harm reduction for illicit alcohol may save lives, studies find

Providing managed doses of liquor can help stabilize the lives of severe alcoholics who use illicit forms of alcohol, such as mouthwash and rubbing alcohol, according to four articles by researchers at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria.
The studies of “radical harm-reduction” zeroed in on highly structured managed alcohol programs (MAPs) across the country in which patients were treated in a residential facility and provided measured dose