Christie: War on Drugs a ‘failure’…
Christie: War on Drugs a ‘failure’… – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called the war on drugs a “failure” during a speech at the Washington, DC-based Brookings Institution on Monday, and tied his objection to the decades-long campaign to his anti-abortion stance. According to Christie, drug offenders in New Jersey are sent “back out on the street after their time of incarceration” with “no treatment.” He said this was the reason “why recidivism rates go up and why they don’t get better.” “For all first-time non-violent drug offenders, we have to make drug treatment mandatory,” Christie said. “Because, if you’re pro-life, as I am, you can’t be pro-life just in the womb. Every life is precious, and every one of God’s creatures can be redeemed, but they won’t be if we ignore them.” “We have the obligation to understand that addiction is a disease and that we need to give people a chance to overcome that disease and restore dignity and meaning to their lives,” he added. Christie also used his time to compare Obamacare’s rules governing Medicaid amounted to “extortion,” and said he was glad that that provision was struck down by the Supreme Court. “I was glad that the Supreme Court ruled that extortion is still illegal in America,” he said. “And that’s a relief because Obamacare on Medicaid to the states was extortion. It essentially said, you expand your program to where we tell you, and if you don’t, we’re taking all the rest of your money away. Well that’s extortion. It was in a whole bunch of nice words in the …
'Chooser Cruiser' on the hunt for drunk drivers
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Ditto the District. Meanwhile, D.C. Superior Court judges are considering establishing dedicated courts to deal with drunk drivers — possibly along the lines of drug courts. That could prevent repeat offenders or those who have avoided treatment from …
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Insurers May Hold Back Medical Marijuana Use
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In October, consumer advocates presented oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to remove marijuana from that list. Reclassification would make it easier to conduct research on therapeutic uses for … In addition, she …
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Gracehaven treatment center not ready to go
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There are 2,173 residential treatment beds in programs nationwide, but only 678 are reserved exclusively for human-trafficking survivors, according to a recent report by the Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that …
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