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- Using a new Florida law as a model, a Rhode Island legislator has proposed a bill requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug test.
- Collaborating with the Pew Center on the States, Missouri officials are working to revamp the state's criminal sentencing practices with the aim of diverting more people convicted of nonviolent crimes to treatment programs instead of prison.
- A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) finds that people entering jails are almost 17 times more likely to suffer from mental illness than the general population, and that 60-80 percent of those involved in the criminal justice system have substance abuse problems.
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