Local rehabilitation program for teenage drug abusers

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Discharge from Rehab Program You are an assistant director in a local rehabilitation program for teenage drug abusers. The goal of the program is to return a client to the community when the professional teams are convinced that the individual can remain drug-free. Recently a treatment team's decision to discharge a young woman from the program was strongly objected to by her parents. Adamant about continuing program treatment for the young woman, the parents used influence with a legislator on the appropriations committee to bring pressure on the agency head. You are the intermediary between the agency head and the treatment teams. The agency head has asked you to intervene and halt discharge plans. What would you do?

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