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On the recordMarch 25, 2015
the Department of Justice has actually said in its discretionary grant program for drug courts that drug courts need to use these medication-assisted programs as part of it because it really is medicine, not drug addiction.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette emphasizes the importance of medication-assisted treatment in drug courts.

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