Kentucky Invests $7 Million to Treat Drug Addiction in Prisoners

Kentucky Invests Million to Treat Drug Addiction in Prisoners

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According to the Kentucky Department of Corrections, 30 percent of Kentucky inmates struggling with drug addiction return to jail. But a 2011 study from the University of Kentucky said this figure drops to 20 percent among inmates who receive treatment …
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Eastern Massachusetts ranks high nationally in drug abuse

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For the past several years, slow economic growth and rising fixed costs for health care, pensions and other costs have increased competition for discretionary state spending, such as substance abuse treatment. Lawmakers in 2010 voted to apply the state …
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Kentucky works to give addicted inmates treatment while still behind bars

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Marion County jail is doing several programs aimed at getting people off substance abuse treatment. Brigette Smith, from Carrolton, Ky. is in jail for burglery, possesion, wanton endangerment, and stolen property. She is in the substance abuse …
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