Dan Carpenter: Drug-Testing the Poor Is Waste of Tax Dollars

Published March 6, 2013

Dan Carpenter: Drug-testing the poor is waste of tax dollars

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment centers

The bill says, for example, that Medicaid and TANF benefits might be used to pay for drug treatment. But Medicaid requires a medical diagnosis, which a failed drug test does not constitute; and the handful of bona fide treatment centers in the state …
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Heads in Beds

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment centers

Sheriff Jimmy “JJ” Jones and District Attorney Randy Nichols are trying get a Safety Center built for drug and alcohol treatment and free up jail space use by chronic abusers. North Knoxville residents are opposed to the idea of building the Safety …
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Suspect admits he traded drugs for sex

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment centers

Charges against Baumgardner and Hannick were filed last summer after the victim told counselors about the abuse while receiving treatment at a Montgomery residential treatment center.Hannick will remain free on $ 25,000 cash bail pending his sentencing.
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