United Nations: Criminal Sanctions for Drug Use Are “Not Beneficial” – Drug Policy Alliance (Press Release) (Blog)
United Nations: Criminal Sanctions for Drug Use Are “Not Beneficial” – Drug Policy Alliance (press release) (blog)
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United Nations: Criminal Sanctions for Drug Use Are "Not Beneficial"
Drug Policy Alliance (press release) (blog) Vienna, Austria – Today, a key working group of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced the release of groundbreaking recommendations discouraging criminal sanctions for drug use. The Scientific Consultation Working Group on … |
EDITORIAL: Improve drug treatment, prevention efforts – nwitimes.com
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EDITORIAL: Improve drug treatment, prevention efforts
nwitimes.com Northwest Indiana, like everywhere else, needs to put more focus on drug abuse treatment, not just incarceration. No one knows this more than Sharon Mortenson of the PACT criminal justice program. Eight years ago, she had trouble finding a drug … |
Mississippi will begin drug testing TANF recipients – Washington Post (blog)
Washington Post (blog) |
Mississippi will begin drug testing TANF recipients
Washington Post (blog) Applicants deemed at risk of substance abuse would then be required to take a drug test. Testing positive once would require a TANF recipient to undergo treatment for substance abuse; testing positive a second time would get a recipient booted from the … TANF drug testing bill on way to Bryant |
Pa. medical professionals address prescription drug abuse 'crisis'
HARRISBURG — Describing prescription drug abuse as a growing “crisis” in Pennsylvania, members of the state medical community announced the formation of a multi-specialty physician panel to address the problem. Dr. David Talenti, vice chair of the …
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Experts: Officials missed signs of prescription drug crackdown's effect on …
From the beginning, the U.S. government's decade-long crackdown on prescription drug abuse has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use. State and federal officials …
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