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

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.

AG Biden hosts summit on prescription drug abuse

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Day-long summit in Newark focuses on growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse. More than 150 health care providers, addiction treatment professionals and law enforcement leaders are expected at Attorney General Beau Biden's summit to explore the …
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DR. JOSEPH SHRAND: Drug addiction is not a moral failing

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Seeing addiction as a moral failing, these folks become outraged that our government spends their tax dollars on treating people who knew from the start they were using an addictive drug, in essence telling them they were on their own and we should not …
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Chain drug stores call on federal officials to address prescription drug abuse

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The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is urging Congress to help address the problem of prescription drug diversion and abuse. In a letter to the U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the Senate Judiciary …
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