The 'New Jane Crow' and American Women's Civil Rights
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There are no laws prohibiting pregnant women from smoking, drinking alcohol, or say, seeking drug addiction treatment. For example, abortion is legal in Alabama. The Alabama legislature passed a law to stop people from taking children into meth labs.
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Official: Criminal system changes could save 2M
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The state Department of Social Services will get extra money to expand existing substance abuse and other treatment programs in communities. Extra money also will be available to those counties to cover additional spending on jails and law enforcement …
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Drug overdoses top AIDS as main cause of homeless deaths
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The finding came from a five-year study of homeless adults who received treatment from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, though its broad conclusions apply to homeless populations in many urban parts of the United States, the study's …
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