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# Drinking to Health
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/4078/
- Published: 2006-02-27T13:02:15.000Z
- Updated: 2006-02-27T13:02:15.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Food and Drink, #wpChunk

It's not too often you hear about Canada coming up with a good approach to a social problem, but this one doesn't sound too bad: [giving whinos wine](http://theedge.bostonherald.com/healthNews/view.bg?articleid=128057&ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

> The Shepherds of Good Hope shelter in Ottawa is home to the Managed Alcohol Program, where 25 homeless alcoholics are served up to 5 ounces of home-brewed wine hourly from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. under medical supervision.

> Over 16 months, 17 MAP participants cut their emergency room visits by 35 percent, had half as many clashes with police and cut their drinking from 46 to eight drinks a day, the study said.

I've never bought into the idea that alcoholism is a disease. Don't send me a hate mail: I'm not saying it's bunk, I just never bought into it. In any event, this experiment seems to militate against the idea that one drink of alcohol triggers a chemical reaction that sends an "alcoholic" into a trailspin of drinking that can't be controlled.