New White House drug abuse strategy floats wastewater testing, AI, more treatment

The Trump administration is proposing wastewater testing to try to ferret out data on illegal drug use in real time, ...
Orange County Register

Prop. 36 over-promised on drug treatment. Could a little-known funding stream help foot the bill?

Last year’s Proposition 36, which increased penalties on certain drug and property offenses, did so by convincing millions of voters that their initiative would help those struggling with addiction.
The New York Times

Desperate for Drug Treatment

Readers respond to Nicholas Kristof’s column about his friend’s struggle with addiction. To the Editor: Re “The Prison Sentence That Saved My Friend’s Life,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, Feb. 9): My ...
CNN

They needed treatment for drug addiction. The company they turned to may have used them to commit fraud

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