Gov. Pat Quinn Aims to Eliminate Illinois Substance Abuse Treatment Money

Published December 8, 2012

Gov. Pat Quinn Aims to Eliminate Illinois Substance Abuse Treatment Money – (Springfield, IL) – February 28, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn proposes to eliminate all state funding for Illinois alcohol, drug prevention and treatment services, starting on March 15. The Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association plans to fight the budget cuts, says CEO Sara Moscato Howe.

Plight of Mentally Ill Patients Appalling

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

In an interview with psychiatrics, they attributed the astronomical increase in the number of mentally ill patients to drug abuse, horrible experiences from active participation in the war, and other "untraceable" causes. Evidently … During the …
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Rick Perry and State Senator Jane Nelson Want Texas to Drug Test Welfare …

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

These are mostly federal funds, disbursed to the states through grants. Unlike SNAP (food stamps), though, states also pay for a portion of TANF, meaning that lawmakers are typically much … drug tests would mean that the individual and their children …
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