Illinois Gov's Cuts to Drug-Treatment Programs Will Have Wide-Reaching Effects

Illinois Times | July 21, 2008
Under Blago's ax, drug-treatment centers around the state will lose $55 million in state funds. This amount might sound like pocket change in the context of the state's big fat coffers. To the network of drug-treatment service providers, however, it's about half of their budget -- and that's just the first domino of many that will fall.

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