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Dakota, Washington and Ramsey counties team up to fight prescription-drug abuse

Filed under: Drug Addiction Minnesota

Prescription drug abuse is the third-leading cause of people seeking treatment services in Minnesota, behind only alcohol abuse and marijuana use, according to state figures. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said his prosecutors saw a 17-percent …
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The Top 5 Facts About Women in Our Criminal Justice System

Filed under: Drug Addiction Minnesota

Instead of investing in counseling treatment for such traumatic pasts and rehabilitative treatment for substance addiction, the criminal justice system continues to detain women at extraordinary rates for primarily nonviolent drug-related offenses.
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