Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever
In 2010, Maine spent a total of $ 47 million on substance abuse treatment ranging from sober-living situations such as halfway houses, to outpatient counseling, to hospitals or short-term stays in rehabilitation clinics. Last year the amount dropped by …
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Gov. Patrick: 'Treating Those With Substance Abuse As Prisoners Is Wrong'
BOSTON — Inmates will have an easier time moving into minimum security facilities, and Massachusetts will lose the dubious distinction of being the only state to hold civilly committed people in prison, Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday, charting out a …
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