$1.2 M Federal Grant to Fight Substance Abuse and HIV Among African-American …

Published August 30, 2013

.2 M federal grant to fight substance abuse and HIV among African-American …

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The three-year, federally funded collaboration between ARCW and Community Advocates is projected to reach 9,900 women and to conduct 600 HIV and 800 HCV tests while providing alcohol/substance abuse treatment and counseling for 492 women. Services …
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Profit, prison, and privatization

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Outside of the hit drama, the horrors remain; violence, rape, harassment, fraud, starvation, solitary confinement, gang tyranny, substance abuse, inadequate facilities, and a lack of proper medical attention. There is also the disturbingly … For …
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War On Drugs Failure Gives Way To Treatment In States, Cities

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While conservatives and many liberals see the expansion of these courts as key to reform, libertarians and some on the left say society's response to drug abuse should take place outside the courthouse altogether. Seattle's LEAD program, some reformers …
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