Senate gives preliminary approval of court diversion, risk assessment bill

Senate gives preliminary approval of court diversion, risk assessment bill
… system and into drug treatment and other services. The bill, S.295, also contains a section intended to help reduce the amount of Suboxone, an opiate treatment drug that is frequently diverted onto the street. … “What I'm proud of is Vermont is …
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Witness: Aptos mom had paranoid thoughts in year leading up to daughter's death
Briana Kahoano, a senior mental health specialist for the Alcohol and Drug Program for the county, testified about helping Virgil with drug treatment from 2007 to 2008. Virgil loved … During treatment, most people with drug addiction relapse, Kahoano …
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The State of President Obama's Black Agenda
The Making Home Affordable program would end up aiming to help the substantial number of African-American home owners who were among the millions of other Americans who found themselves upside down on their mortgage, facing foreclosure and … The …
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Gonsalves: Budgets should reflect priorities
Still, Attorney General Martha Coakley is right: Now is not the time to be taking money away from the state Department of Mental Health. But that's exactly what Gov. Deval Patrick's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year does — cuts $ 3 million …
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