“Each year, tens of thousands Americans die due to problems related to drug and alcohol abuse. Hillary Clinton has a plan to change that — not by escalating the war on drugs, but by rolling it back and directing funds away from mass incarceration and toward treating addiction as a serious medical and public health challenge.”
“The big idea behind Clinton’s plan is to shift public policy on drug abuse and addiction from the criminal justice system to the health-care system. It would also help fill a big gap in health care: Nearly 90 percent of people who have a drug or alcohol abuse problem don’t get treatment, according to federal data.”
“…Clinton’s plan could prevent many of these opioid overdose deaths through increased funding for prevention and treatment programs. As states experiment with different treatment approaches, they also could pass on the lessons to other states — and save more lives as a result.”
Hillary Clinton has one of the most progressive anti-drug plans in decades
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