Advocates seek stronger substance abuse treatment measures
“For each dollar spent on the burden substance abuse creates on public programs, only 2 cents is spent on prevention activities and only slightly more, 3 cents, on treatment programs,” the report said. Sen. Bill Pritchard, R-Elkins, said the two …
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McDowell to see local addiction treatment programs
December 3, 2012 · Four initiatives in McDowell County in various stages of development would deliver local treatment for substance addiction. For the county that has led the nation in overdose deaths from narcotic pain medications, it's about time. To …
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Oregon's State-Funded Addiction Treatment Pays Off
"There's absolutely solid, irrefutable evidence that there is a savings—always—in funding addiction treatment and prevention," says Karen Wheeler, addiction programs administrator for the Oregon Health Authority. "You pay one way or the other." With …
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