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Bush's 2009 Budget Cust $198 million from SAMSHA and other Substance Abuse Programs

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

?Drug-prevention advocates and others are raising the alarm over President Bush's FY2009 budget plan, which slashed $198 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and calls for elimination of the Recovery Community Support Programs and the STOP Underage Drinking program.? Bush's 2009 Budget Cuts $198 Million from SAMHSA February 8, 2008 Drug-prevention advocates and others are raising the alarm over President Bush's FY2009 budget plan, which slashed $198 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and calls for elimination of the Recovery Community Support Programs and the STOP Underage Drinking program. The budget also calls for spending $10 million less on the Drug Free Communities program, a major funding source for many community anti-drug coalitions...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 09, 2008 (boomark / email).