Should The Federal Government Spend Money To Train More Chemical Dependency Counselors?

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Pro & Con The Congress has already appropriated an enormous sum of money for the “War On Drugs”. And, there is every indication that it will appropriate a 1arger amount for the next fiscal year (total appropriations to the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, known as ADAMHA, for 1990 are over $2.6 billion, after the anti-drug abuse emergency funding bill was passed.) This is the political leadership’s way of acknowledging the public’s concern about chemical dependency. But how this largesse is actually spent by . . .