For Our Health & Safety: Joining Forces to Defeat Addiction
State of California Little Hoover Commission For Our Health & Safety: Joining Forces to Defeat Addiction Executive Summary & Complete Report Dear Governor and Members of the Legislature: One in nine Californians suffers from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs. But few addicts suffer alone. Drug addiction underlies the abuse and neglect of more than 100,000 children in California and is a factor in a majority of domestic assaults. Eight in 10 felons who are sent to prison abuse drugs or alcohol. But the costs are not limited to the criminal justice system. Some $11 billion is spent . . .
