Judge hopeful drug court aids in opiate fight

Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan

BUCYRUS — Local drug addicts will receive help for the next two years courtesy of a state pilot program. Gov. John Kasich's signing of House Bill 59 last week includes a $ 5 million addiction treatment pilot program for drug courts in Crawford …
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Common Pleas Court receives grant to help drug offenders

Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan

While the drug trade leads to a path of violent crimes, drug abusers continue to fill our court systems, hospitals and prisons as their children are often neglected, abused and sometimes abandoned. To help combat the … Participants are seen by the …
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Tests show few Utah welfare applicants use drugs

Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan

Utah's law, which applies to applicants of the welfare program known as the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, instead requires those who test positive to enter treatment for substance abuse. Rep. Brad Wilson, a Kaysville Republican who sponsored …
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