Budget Cuts Could Close Treatment Centers Across State

Budget Cuts Could Close Treatment Centers Across State – Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services is preparing to slash its budget by 3 Million, and proposed cuts would eliminate funding for adult services for all state-funded drug and alcohol treatment centers, methadone clinics and detox facilities across the state. KXLY4’s Kylee Cruz reports.

OPINION: Time to take responsibility

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

I would never recommend any parent see their child in such a state. And while I cannot fault his treatment in our public system, I was appalled at what our health system was funding. It isn't just the immediate care but the rehab, drugs, bed spaces …
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Study: Black Male Incarceration Jumps 500%, Resulting in a Mental Health Crisis

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

HARTFORD GUARDIAN BANNER The study's authors note that 60 percent of all incarcerations are due to non-violent, drug-related crimes. The authors also note that the cost of substance abuse in the United States is as high as half a trillion dollars per year.
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Another way is possible

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

The commissioner is not alone in trying to justify the State's deplorable treatment of our children who are in conflict with the law or in need of care and protection. The Child Development Agency (CDA) seems not in the least perturbed that many of the …
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