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This study examines the factors that lead to addiction amongst in-house patients at Wedge Gardens Treatment Centre. Addiction is a worldwide and recognized problem in all provinces and in addition South Africa as a whole. Drug addiction has become a universal factor in societies and it has arose in a lot of concerns increased by communities. However it is notably that drug addiction is increasing and has increased over the last decades.

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Sebola, Maphefo
I, Maphefo Thato Sebola, am a graduate from the University of Witwatersrand. I completed my honors degree in social work in 2017. I am passionate about social change and development.

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