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Forbes: What if A Beneficiary Becomes An Addict?
Beneficiary, Addict, Estate Planning Matthew Erskine Beneficiary, Addict, Estate Planning Matthew Erskine

Forbes: What if A Beneficiary Becomes An Addict?

Since the beginning of sheltering-in-place in response to the pandemic, there have been concerns about the impact the response has had on drug and alcohol recovery programs and their clients. This is to the extent where some are seeing substance abuse as a “pandemic within a pandemic”. Filling the gap in available treatment is a policy issue that has to be addressed by society, but trusts can be drafted so as to increase the likelihood of long term (2+ years) recovery from less than 25% to 92%.

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