Drug Addiction: Addicts and Treatment Providers Plead to Halt State Funding Cuts – Cleveland Plain Dealer

Addicts and treatment providers plead to halt state funding cuts – Cleveland Plain Dealer

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bus loaded with more than 50 people involved with drug addiction and its treatment headed to Columbus this week to persuade lawmakers to reverse an expected $ 6.2 million in cuts to their programs. Some of them testified …
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Addicts and treatment providers plead to halt state funding cuts

Filed under: drug addiction

By Rachel Dissell, The Plain Dealer COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bus loaded with more than 50 people involved with drug addiction and its treatment headed to Columbus this week to persuade lawmakers to reverse an expected $ 6.2 million in cuts to their programs.
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Rethinking the War on Drugs

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That is especially true of drug abuse and addiction. Indeed, the problem is so complex that it has produced not just one clear, simple, wrong solution but two: the "drug war" (prohibition plus massive, undifferentiated enforcement) and proposals for …
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Russell Brand to tell politicians about drug battle

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Comedian Russell Brand is set to meet with British politicians to discuss his battle with drug addiction. The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star, a former heroin addict and alcoholic, will talk about his rehab experiences and recovery when he appears at …
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