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Penny-wise and Pound-Foolish

By Michael Blankenship

The proposed state budget cuts $55 million out of the Medi-Cal methadone program for 35,000 individuals in California. It is tantamount to destroying the lives of 35,000 people, as well as having them return to addiction. The impacts are significant, and go beyond the patients themselves. This particular initiative will result in the elimination of funding and the closure of drug treatment facilities. That will directly impact our county jails, our state prisons, parole and probation departments, as well as hospital emergency rooms and public health programs. The elimination of the state's drug treatment funding would strain public safety programs and increase the number of relapsed individuals who are incarcerated. These programs save our communities a significant amount of money by keeping people from using illegal drugs and seeking to support their addictions through criminal behavior...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on July 09, 2010 (boomark / email).