Right Step Launches Groundbreaking 'Positive Recovery University'
Right Step is a network of outpatient and inpatient addiction treatment centers in Texas. Since 1990, Right Step has provided compassionate, comprehensive substance abuse treatment at an exceptional value. In recognition of its high-quality programming … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Lindsay Lohan Her Reality Show A Comeback or a Backlash
During the late 2000s she was in and out of rehabilitation centers and in trouble with the law for various DUI and drug possession charges. Coupled with her substance abuse and legal troubles she was involved in some very high-profile relationships … Read more on Guardian Liberty Voice

City of Malibu Issues Violation Notice to Passages Drug Rehab
In their campaign against the proliferation of high-priced drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities on the residential streets of Malibu, city officials are heralding a break-through with a change in state policy and more enforcement. Kara Seward … Read more on Malibu Times

Mercer to treat criminals for substance abuse
PRINCETON — Mercer County is among 10 localities to be included in a new select program that will offer community-based substance abuse treatment to people on probation, parole and supervised release. Phase 1 of the pilot program seeks to engage … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph

New program in Ontario County schools fights substance abuse
CANANDAIGUA — An hour of effective prevention might well be worth a lifetime of cure. That's pretty much the philosophy of a new substance-abuse program that has started in eight Ontario County school districts. The program is tailored to the needs … Read more on MPNnow.com

Substance abuse conference to focus on prevention
THATCHER — Prevention will be the focus of the ninth annual Graham and Greenlee Substance Abuse Awareness Conference, April 22 at the Eastern Arizona College Activities Center. The title of the conference is “Staying in Tune with Substance Abuse … Read more on Eastern Arizona Courier

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Los Angeles Drug Rehab Center Launches Cutting-Edge Treatment
Says Birnbaum in closing, “This latest enhancement is something that remains unseen within the scope of residential substance abuse treatment. We're as excited to be working with Dr. Fleming as we are to be further improving the lives of our current … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Effective treatment for drug abuse builds better communities
Tony Lloyd was speaking ahead of a regional conference organised by DrugScope, the UK's leading charity that provides support to professionals who work in drug and alcohol treatment. Mr Lloyd will be on a panel of experts at the conference, which takes … Read more on Rochdale Online

Question by ImHigh: Would it be more/less expensive to reduce enforcement of drug laws and provide medical treatment for addicts?
The drug war has been an utter failure, spending TRILLIONS of American dollars and lasting longer than any other war (http://www.drugsense.org/cms/wodclock). One of the alternatives that has been brought up recently is shifting the focus from enforcing drug laws and putting addicts in severely overcrowded prisons, to treating addicts like medical patients. This makes sense because physical addiction is an obstacle that rarely turns out good for the patient. The only question that I really see holding this back is money. Would the benefits of spending less on drug enforcement and imprisonment supersede the cost of providing medical treatment?

Whatever your opinion is, I’d like to know! 🙂

“We’d really love for the president to simply acknowledge that this is a serious issue worth debating and not embarrass himself again by trying to turn the failed drug war – which kills thousands of people a year – into some kind of Cheech and Chong joke,” LEAP spokesman Tom Angell

Best answer:

Answer by Jim
Less.

Wanting to have less Government should start with removing those laws and agencies that spend the most money and take away the most freedom.

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BEACON HILL BRIEFING: Drug abuse gets sharp look
Section 35 of Chapter 123 of the General Laws of Massachusetts allows the courts to commit an individual whose alcohol or drug addiction puts themselves or others at risk to inpatient substance abuse treatment for a period of up to 90 days. The … Read more on Wicked Local Kingston

Region sees rise in heroin use
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Herbal cannabis not recommended for rheumatology patients
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Newly approved painkiller long-acting, but it can be abused
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Closing Whoville
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Heroin in Flagstaff a new challenge to drug treatment
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Treatment centers show support for medicaid expansion
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Health reform law drove Hazelden-Betty Ford merger
“The general perception is that under the ACA there will be a big new market for addiction treatment,” said Dan Cain, president of the Twin Cities-based substance abuse treatment program RS Eden. Combining Hazelden, which is based in Center City … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

Father of late addict seeks to debunk perceptions
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The Great Hidden Secret: How 'The Anonymous People' is Changing Recovery …
“And after you see the movie you will understand why I am doing.” The movie was “The Anonymous People,” a spunky profile of the burgeoning grassroots drug and alcohol recovery movement by a 30-year-old first time feature length filmmaker named Greg … Read more on Juvenile Justice Information Exchange