Essay: Combating Substance Abuse Requires Long-Term Coordination and Funding

Published March 6, 2014

Essay: Combating substance abuse requires long-term coordination and funding
The MV Times addiction series, which began on January 2 with“Opiate addiction on Martha's Vineyard hits home” and the on-target Editorial of February 27 [Time for concerted action, community strategy] bring home the base reality and attendant …
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Mass. veterans look to treatment court for help
But that's exactly what he did recently as he made his weekly visit to the Norfolk Country Veterans Treatment Court in Dedham, where he and 25 other veterans are going through a program aimed at helping them deal with criminal charges, substance abuse …
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In the Arena: He may get burned
… Leader Stan Rosenberg took a moment to lament the decision by the voters of Massachusetts to repeal the Legislature's vote to expand the tax on alcoholic beverages — money that he said had been earmarked for substance abuse treatment programs.
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