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Drug Seized Money to Go to Substance Abuse Treatment

A bill sponsored by State Representative Adam Brown and dealing with the cannabis control act, is one of many pieces of legislation that will become law on January 1st. Rep. Brown says the bill provides that the State's Attorneys from their share of the monies and the sale proceeds of all other property forfeited and seized under the Acts.

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This legislation attempts to provide a source of funding for substance abuse treatment facilities and half-way houses by allowing State’s Attorneys to make grants from some of their monies to these facilities.

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