Funding Cuts to Drug Treatment Centers Mean Addicts Get Turned Away

Published August 25, 2013

Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away
The new state budget sliced funding to three state-run alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers by about $ 4.9 million each year for the next two years – a 12 percent reduction per year to each facility's budget. The three – Walter B. Jones Alcohol and …
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US Department of Justice grants to combat drug abuse, sexual and domestic …
The grant to DSHS will support the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program in the state's jails and prisons. The goal of the RSAT program is to break the cycle of drugs and violence by reducing the demand for, use, and trafficking of …
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