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Byline: Join Together
BOSTON, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- State substance-abuse agencies typically had the ear of governors and key policymakers at the height of the War on Drugs in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Today, however, just a handful of states retain cabinet-level agencies dedicated to alcohol and other drug treatment and prevention.
Responding to this disturbing trend, a policy panel led by former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis will begin work this week on determining which state organizational and financial structures most effectively support policies to prevent and treat...
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