Kaufman: Mental health, drug abuse cuts are hurting community
Most of all we need the cuts in funding for mental health and substance abuse to stop. It is time to secure the financial resources to appropriately serve those in need. Joel Kaufman is CEO of The Starting Place, a nonprofit drug abuse prevention and …
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Our take: Left on the table
It could have wiped out smaller cuts in other programs, like drug treatment. Florida's uncollected debt for 2012 includes about $ 37 million in unpaid taxes, $ 31 million in overpaid unemployment benefits, $ 14 million in excessive reimbursements for …
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Ex-military dog works for Port Canaveral PD
… Afghanistan. LEFT: Lilly has her own trading cards. / Photos by Tim Shortt/FLORIDA TODAY … Veina said that with most police dogs, it is good when they find drugs because it can be taken off the streets, but with a bomb-sniffing dog, the desired …
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