Departments given incentive to keep probation violators out of prison

Departments given incentive to keep probation violators out of prison

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Licking County probation departments received $ 424,052 this past spring and could receive up to $ 115,443 more for keeping people sentenced to probation out of prison when they test positive for drugs or don't show up for meetings with their probation …
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Russian anti-drugs crusader under growing pressure

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

The center Roizman founded and partly funds is seen by many Russians as a model of community-driven rehab efforts, and his followers have helped police identify and arrest dozens of drug dealers. But Yekaterinburg officials have accused Roizman's team …
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Prescription drug overdoses fall in Florida

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Rick Scott created strike force teams, partly funded by a federal grant, to target prescription-drug dealers in "pill mills," amid reports that Florida doctors prescribed more oxycodone than any other state. That spring, lawmakers also passed a …
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