"Operation Tip the Scale" Sends Dozens to Jail, Rehab

"Operation Tip the Scale" sends dozens to jail, rehab

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Authorities said Tip the Scale was designed to benefit those in need of treatment and families and communities affected by drug-related crime, including by steering probationers into court-required substance abuse treatment programs. Affected family …
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10300 Montana alcoholics, drug addicts to be eligible for treatment

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HELENA — Some 10,344 alcoholics and drug addicts in Montana will become eligible for substance-abuse treatment coverage next year under the federal health care overhaul, a number that could jump to 21,473 if the state Legislature expands Medicaid to …
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A mother's addiction: Checking in with young mother in Journal's 2006 drug …

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But then-Chief Judge Jeremiah S. Jeremiah granted The Journal complete access to Rhode Island's Family Treatment Drug Court. The court was then at the forefront of a new national strategy that combines judicial accountability and drug treatment in …
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