Tag: addiction treatment
Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in...
In 2020 as Kentucky faced a spike of deadly overdoses, Gov. Andy Beshear set out to help more people access drug treatment by loosening Medicaid spending controls. But as the costs piled up, so did the warnings that the system was being abused.
Offering treatment to drug users instead of arresting them reduces crime...
Treatment programs rather than incarceration are far more effective for drug-related offenses.






