White House drug czar emphasizes drug treatment, education
As the federal government shifts its drug control strategy toward drug treatment and education initiatives, the U.S. drug czar said Wednesday at an event in Baltimore that he plans to emphasize the expansion of drug courts to divert nonviolent …
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Drug czar: Treatment, not legalization, is focus – Philly.com
Drug czar: Treatment, not legalization, is focus. A marijuana plant available for purchase by patients at a medical marijuana dispensary in Long Beach, California on March 21, 2012. … BALTIMORE – The nation's drug czar said Wednesday that the …
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State drug abuse, awareness chief says cost thwarts drug treatment
Pennsylvania is only able to adequately treat one out of every eight drug addicts because of a lack of money for treatment programs, says the newly minted secretary of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. Gary Tennis, a former prosecutor in the …
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