The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act has the potential to substantially change how addiction is prevented and treated. It's a nonpartisan Congressional initiative now waiting for the President's signature. Today on Town Square, we'll continue our look at this piece of legislation and what its provisions can do - if the act becomes law and funded enough to allow the strategy to work.
Town Square: The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
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