Steinberg Unveils Plan to Ease Overcrowding in Prisons, Jails and Emergency Rooms

Steinberg Unveils Plan to Ease Overcrowding in Prisons, Jails and Emergency Rooms – (Sacramento) — In a move to address issues raised from Newtown to Nevada, and soon to be considered by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, State Senate Pres…

Marshall glad drug court will be funded

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

“Second Chance can take a lot of people, but Second Chance is only so big. Some of these people need longer term in-house treatment, which we can't pay for because we have no money, but that (state funding) would be wonderful. In drug court we try to …
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Iraq: Between Drug Dealers and Death Squads

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

“Iraq has one of the worst treatment and follow-up regimes for alcohol abusers in the Middle-East,” Ali states, with staff shortages further complicating the situation and denying patients access to consistent after-care. That same year, the Iraqi …
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