Dick Batchelor – Social-Service Workers, Clients Rally to Decry Funding Cuts
Dick Batchelor – Social-service workers, clients rally to decry funding cuts – Dozens of social-service workers and their clients rallied in Orlando on Friday to warn of “Draconian” legislative cuts targeting state-funded programs for mental health , drug and alcohol rehabilitation, foster children and those with disabilities… www.orlandosentinel.com
Impact of methadone treatment center debated in Northeast
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requested Wednesday's House Democratic Policy Committee hearing in Mayfair, where about 20 state lawmakers and several recovery specialists gathered to discuss the impact and merits of methadone treatment facilities. Boyle said … Drug-treatment …
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The great unmentionables of remote life
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Public service positions have been forged from old CDEP slots, and squadrons of environmental rangers are also funded by the state. The effect of this pattern is an ever-greater centralisation of control in the …. Town camp and bush drinkers, lost in …
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Sadly Mass Incarceration Leading to a Mental Health Crisis Among Black Men …
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The study's authors argue that the billions of dollars being spent keeping non-violent offenders behind bars would be better spent on education and rehabilitation. “Instead of getting health care … The study's authors note that 60% of all …
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Dave Purchase Dies at 73; Led Early Needle Exchange
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Ethan Nadelmann, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which promotes alternatives to harsh legal treatment of drug users, could not confirm that. “Whether or not … In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, when many critics argued that …
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