New Police Effort Brings Hope to Addicts

New Police Effort Brings Hope to Addicts

BOSTON (AP) — A novel drug addiction program developed in a small Massachusetts fishing town and since replicated in dozens of cities nationwide was able to place almost 400 addicts into treatment nearly each time they sought it during the first year of operation, researchers say in a report being published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The team from the Boston Medical Center and Boston University's School of Public Health say 376 addicts sought assistance 429 times from the Gloucester Police Department's Angel program from June 2015 to May 2016. They received the help they needed nearly 95 percent of the time, researchers say.

D.C. Democrat: ‘The Only People Against School Choice…Are the Ones That Have It’
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D.C. Democrat: ‘The Only People Against School Choice…Are the Ones That Have It’

Susan Jones

(CNSNews.com) – Kevin Chavous, a Democrat and former D.C. councilman, said he believes in school choice, and he's a "great friend" of Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's nominee for Education Secretary, who also supports school choice.

"And, look, the only people who are against school choice, Tucker, are the ones that have it," Chavous told Fox News's Tucker Carlson Tuesday night.

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