California Bill Would Give Drug Users Treatment Instead Of Prison Time

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Those offenders could then be sent to substance-abuse treatment centers instead of prison or jail, sentenced to probation or ordered to perform community service. Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), the bill's primary author, said he thinks the …
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Treatment, support are keys to recovery

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And as with other chronic diseases, people often relapse and begin abusing drugs again or fall deeper into their mental illness despite treatment. Realize, though, that relapse does not indicate failure. Just as diabetics need their treatment plan …
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More Americans may be able to afford drug addiction treatment under ACA

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Out of 24 million Americans who need treatment for substance addiction, only 2.6 million receive it, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. But under the Affordable Care Act, up to 40 million more Americans could possibly afford the $ 4,000 …
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