Drug Abuse

LETTER: Let's face addiction for what it is: A public health crisis
County jails are full of youths with minor non-violent drug offenses often related to their addiction, yet they are held at a huge cost to taxpayers and denied much-need treatment. We do not have enough beds in our treatment facilities of all types …
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Masada House doesn't give up search for men's group home site
Of the 1.6 million people nationwide who entered treatment for alcohol and drug addiction in 2011, less than 10 percent were arrested 30 or fewer days before entering treatment, according to Behavioral Health Services Information System statistics.
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