By Ashley Robinson, Regina Leader-Post, July 8, 2021
Trauma is at the nature of addiction, according to Dr. Gabor Mate.
“Addiction is only a symptom, it’s not the fundamental problem. The fundamental problem is trauma,” said Mate.
Mate was in Regina on Wednesday to speak at the sixth International Training Symposium on Innovative Approaches to Justice: Where Justice and Treatment Meet.
The conference started Tuesday and runs until Friday at the Hotel Saskatchewan. Judges, lawyers, counsellors and professionals who work in treatment courts from across the country are in attendance, along with a handful of people from the United States. The conference is held every two years, with the last one being held in Vancouver.
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