LePage Ramping Up Maine's War on Drugs

Published March 11, 2014

LePage ramping up Maine's war on drugs
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine on Tuesday criticized LePage's approach, challenging him to prioritize and focus on diversion and treatment programs over more arrests. “In Maine, drug arrests have gone up nearly 240 … Bennett pointed to …
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Missing the mark on drug–treatment programs: Letter
However, like a lot of sluggers, Mulshine swings mightily but misses badly by dismissing the importance of drug-treatment programs in changing the lives of addicts. Mulshine's misguided contention seems to be that addicts merely need a night or two in …
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Treatment deficit
The state's much-needed Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act will provide an estimated $ 75 million more a year for mental health and drug and alcohol-abuse services. Even so, opioid treatment programs in Ohio, which serve 30,000 people a …
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