Legislature Ignores Proposal for Photo on Benefit Cards

Legislature ignores proposal for photo on benefit cards

Filed under: Drug Abuse Illinois

Handing a drug addict a couple hundred bucks a week to buy smack doesn't help them, either.” If Link cards included photos, unauthorized users wouldn't make it past the checkout line, Rose said. Rose's proposal would have the state Department of … a …
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Quinn budget would cut state HIV funding for third straight year

Filed under: Drug Abuse Illinois

“Illinois should reinvest the savings from the ACA to connect people with HIV to medical care: culturally sensitive boots-on-the-ground outreach workers, substance abuse and mental health treatment resources, and stable housing and transportation …
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