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Abe Maddison

Warning on addiction help amid funding uncertainty

An addiction treatment association is sounding the alarm about addiction treatment funding. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

Half a million Australians have no access to desperately needed drug and alcohol addiction help, and funding uncertainty is intensifying the risk to existing services, a peak health provider warns.

The Australasian Therapeutic Communities Association fears that funding for many services is "a house of cards" that will collapse if federal funding is cut or not renewed.

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