Hillary Clinton started a Q&A on Facebook to discuss drugs & alcohol issues.

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Hillary Clinton started a Q&A.

*Hi Facebook! Maya and Sara here and ready to take your questions on substance use disorders, prevention, and recovery. Looking forward to a great discussion. You can read Hillary's plan to combat America’s epidemic of drug and alcohol addiction here: http://hrc.io/1LUIBmo

There are 23 million Americans suffering with addiction in the US. Today, Hillary is introducing a plan to address this growing epidemic, which has touched the lives of countless American families. Her team of experts, Maya Harris and Sara Solow, will be here for a Q&A at 12:30 PM. Ask your questions about Hillary's drug and alcohol addiction plan in the comments below.

https://www.facebook.com/hillaryclinton

Just wanted to pass this along as it looked like a worthy use of social media to discuss real issues.

[DeepModem Mom]

1. Great idea!

[get the red out]

2. I posed a question

Unfortunately it might be buried with the right-wing nut case crap

I had an actual question about this issue, which I consider an important one.

Thanks for posting this.

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3. Hillary's $10 billion plan for treating drug addiction--& lessen incarceration (Hillary Group)

I also started a thread out there about her Q & A

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251566098

Also posted this:
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Hillary Clinton’s $10 billion plan for treating drug addiction--& lessen incarceration

Hillary's smaller town meetings have been productive. I am so glad she (and other candidates) have put is issue on the front burner.




http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/02/hillary-clintons-10-billion-plan-for-treating-drug-addiction/?postshare=6151441223995215


Hillary Clinton’s $10 billion plan for treating drug addiction

By Anne Gearan September 2 at 2:54 PM


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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Summer Meeting in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 28. (Craig Lassig/Reuters)



Responding to what she called a “quiet epidemic” of heroin and prescription opiate abuse, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed a $10 billion plan Wednesday to treat addicts and curb incarceration for nonviolent drug offenses.

The program, much of which would be funded by the federal government, would also help get a life-saving rescue drug into the hands of more emergency responders to improve the odds for overdose victims.

The plan, announced in an op-ed in the Manchester, N.H., Union Leader newspaper, grew out of months of discussion of national drug addiction at Clinton campaign events in New Hampshire, Iowa and elsewhere. The topic comes up nearly every time Clinton engages voters in public, and she has made the scourge of drug addiction a part of her stump speech.

In the op-ed, Clinton recounted her discussion with a retired doctor in New Hampshire in April, just after she entered the 2016 race.

“He said his biggest worry was the rising tide of heroin addiction in the state, following a wave of prescription drug abuse,” Clinton wrote. “To be candid, I didn’t expect what came next. In state after state, this issue came up again and again — from so many people, from all walks of life, in small towns and big cities.”..........