Pocono Social Service Agencies Take Big Hits From State Cuts

Pocono social service agencies take big hits from state cuts

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Reductions in the recently approved state budget will force the three-county Drug and Alcohol Commission to provide detox, rehabilitation and outpatient follow up to 132 fewer people this year, Executive Director Rich Mroczka said. State funding, which …
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Brazil: Seized assets used in the fight against drugs

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

In São Paulo, the State Commission for Issues Related to Goods Seized from the Drug Trade (COMBAT) determines what can be auctioned and how the funds will be used. At the December 2011 auction (above), three trucks, 14 cars and nine motorcycles, …
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Three states vote for same-sex marriage

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Oregon voters also rejected legalization by voting against Measure 80, which would have sent sales taxes from marijuana sales to the state general fund and toward drug rehabilitation. Washington and Colorado residents voted to legalize the drug, though …
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After Failed Death Penalty Repeal, California Could See Spate of Executions

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

But none have been carried out since 2006, when a federal judge ruled that the state's three-drug lethal injection procedure could put prisoners in agonizing pain if administered incorrectly. Though the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation …
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