(Springfield, IL) — Governor Pat Quinn‘s proposed Illinois budget for next year plans to cut drug, alcohol abuse prevention and treatment services by 8%–on top of 22% budget cut last year. Illinois Alcohol and Drug Dependence Association CEO Sara Moscato Howe explains the stakes in the current Illinois budget battle.
Illinois Drug, Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Faces Further Cuts in Illinois Budget
Posted by Jud DeLoss on May 11, 2010
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Shannon Simms
/ May 11, 2010Pretty soon they’ll have people being treated for drugs and alcohol in random tents ! Ten years from now Mr. Quinn will see what a mistake he has made.
jane Taylor
/ February 23, 2011please don’t discontinue the drug and alcohol treatment centers as so many need them.