“Rehab Racket” Probe Ordered

“Rehab Racket” probe ordered

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In a series of exposés dubbed “Rehab Racket,” CNN and the Center for Investigative Reporting said unscrupulous drug and alcohol counseling clinics are taking advantage of lax government oversight to bilk the Drug Medi-Cal program. Among the …
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Drug meeting focuses on collaborative efforts

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As far as helping those who have already been arrested for drug use, panel members pointed to various detention facilities that have treatment programs and said Denton County needs more of that. But one thing everyone agreed on is that the whole …
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Eric Holder introduces US drug-crime reforms that mirror NJ drug bill

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Holder said he wanted to divert those convicted of low-level crimes to drug treatment and community service programs and to expand a program to allow for the release of some elderly, non-violent offenders. "With an outsized, unnecessarily large prison …
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