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DC to Combine Mental Health and Drug Treatment Agencies Into New …

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The District is home to 35,000 people receiving treatment for mental health or substance abuse, Gray said, and there is a great deal of overlap between the two. Steve Baron, the director of the Department of Mental Health, said combining the agencies …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off

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That philosophy fuels Oregon's nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed …
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Advocates seek stronger substance abuse treatment measures

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In its 17-page report, the Legislative Task Force on Substance Abuse and Treatment Services cited a 2005 study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University which found Arkansas was spending about $ 888 million …
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