As state diverts tobacco funds, treatment programs up in smoke
Twenty years ago, supporters of a tobacco-tax increase for Massachusetts had lofty goals for the money. A voter-approved 1992 ballot initiative nearly doubled the cigarette tax, from 26 cents to 51 cents a pack, to fund the creation of the …
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Most addiction treatments need update, Minnesota author argues
Thomas McLellan, co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute, told Fletcher: "Of the many thousands of treatment programs out there, most use exactly the same kind of treatment you would have received in 1950, not modern scientific approaches. When …
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State budget committee expands drug courts and treatment programs
The Legislature's budget committee voted Thursday to add $ 1.5 million a year for county drug courts and treatment programs to help divert people from jail or prison. The proposal by Rep. Daniel LeMahieu, R-Cascade, passed on a unanimous 16-0 vote.
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Task force member proposes changes in sex treatment program at state hospital
In the past 18 years, almost 250 men have entered the treatment program as the result of a judge's order after being convicted for sex crimes and completing their prison sentences. But only four have been released and at least 17 have died while being …
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