Biggest expansion of treatment in 40 years, and maybe in the history of the U.S
~Obama has indeed repeatedly increased funding for addiction treatment. He proposed $9 billion in his latest budget ~$85 million to go toward drug courts ~the number of drug courts has grown from just under 500 to 2,734 today
The treatment gap should narrow as Obamacare goes into effect: Roughly five million more Americans currently facing drug addictions will soon have insurance coverage for treatment. “That’s the biggest expansion of treatment in 40 years, and maybe in the history of the U.S., ” said public health professor Keith Humphreys, who has served as a policy advisor to the ONDCP.