Ballot-Mandated Drug Treatment Cut, Despite Success

Published May 9, 2013

Ballot-mandated drug treatment cut, despite success
Filed under: drug treatment rehab

After an initial five-year allocation of $ 120 million to California counties for drug treatment, the legislature hasn't approved additional funding, and counties have slashed drug programs while waiting lists for rehab grow longer. Orange County is no …
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Hawkins judge wants all drug treatment providers working as a team
Filed under: drug treatment rehab

The purpose of Recovery Court is to give defendants an opportunity to stay out of jail by entering a rehab facility or attending drug counseling and other addiction programs. If they fail, they go back to jail. If they succeed, a life is saved and the …
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Substance-abuse treatment program goals bring Republican Chris Christie …
Filed under: drug treatment rehab

The New Jersey Republican governor appeared on Wednesday with former Garden State governor Jim McGreevey, a Democrat, at a local jail to meet with a group of incarcerated women participating in a substance-abuse-treatment program. RELATED: JIM …
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