Perry, Dewhurst Back Drug Tests for Welfare Applicants
Perry, Dewhurst back drug tests for welfare applicants
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Senate Bill 11 would require applicants to the Texas Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to undergo a drug test. If applicants fail the test, they would not be eligible to apply again for a full year, unless they attended a substance abuse …
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NZ Justice Minister Judith Collins Borrows Drug Treatment Model from US
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San Francisco, CA — (SBWIRE) — 11/03/2012 — Criminals with drug and alcohol dependency issues may soon enter rehab instead of prison. Following … Collins said that if the pilot works as hoped, the program could serve the nation in more significant …
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Jeff Adachi: Inebriate court jails people without a trial
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In the two months since it was created, San Francisco's chronic inebriate court has jailed seven people. Two of them were innocent. How is this possible … The program works like this: a person with more than 30 infractions is arrested and sentenced …
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LJ Anderson: AIDS treatment pioneer reflects and looks forward
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There are few people who understand the AIDS epidemic as well as pioneering AIDS physician Paul Volberding, who co-founded the world's first treatment program for the emerging epidemic at San Francisco General Hospital, considered ground zero for AIDS …
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