Federal Grants to Help Crime Victims, Drug Abuse Treatment

Federal grants to help crime victims, drug abuse treatment
The Department of Justice awarded two grants to the Guam Office of the Attorney General and the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans to develop crime victim services and substance abuse treatment programs. According to a written statement, $ 400,209 was …
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Faces of drug abuse
FRANKFORT — FRANKFORT — To most, Michael Donta and Sarah Shay are statistics, two among thousands who die from prescription drug overdoses each year. To their parents, they were life, their dreams and the future, and their absence leaves holes in …
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Police, courts grapple with the right approach to mentally ill offenders
While so-called diversionary programs that emphasize treatment over incarceration are gaining favor as a way to deal with offenders charged with less-serious crimes, some law-enforcement officials and mental-health professionals believe there's still a …
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