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White House Budget: Failed Drug War Tactics Prioritized Over Prevention And …

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The budget calls for an additional 9.3 billion to be spent on treatment programs for those considered to have drug abuse issues (though $ 80 million of this funding goes to the drug court program, infamous for giving defendants the “choice” of serving …
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New report: Mandatory drug testing of Work First applicants would be a big mistake

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Such actions would be costly, likely illegal, and ineffective at identifying and treating drug abuse, a new report finds. North Carolina's Work First program assists extremely low-income families in getting on the path to self-sufficiency …
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HAYDEN: Money may hold up criminal code reform

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But with just days to go before the session's end, nowhere in the legislation or the $ 30 billion budget bill are the dollars for local jails and community correction facilities to run the drug rehabilitation programs that criminal justice experts say …
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