Don’t be cruel: Wyo can afford to treat mentally ill
Opinion
by 2 Comments The state’s most vulnerable residents don’t have a voice that a majority of lawmakers want to hear, Drake opines.
substance abuse
Sweeping redesign of state’s mental-health-services policy underway
Lawmakers, stakeholders and state officials work to establish priority populations for mental health, substance abuse treatment.
Budget casualties: Mental health and substance abuse services
The human costs of state budget cuts are beginning to show as facilities like Greenhouse, a transitional care facility in Gillette, close their doors.
Mental health and addiction emerge as legislative priorities
The state’s dearth of treatment resources claimed a lot of air time as lawmakers met this week, even with debate on contentious budget cuts weeks away.
Treatment or trauma? Prison addiction program scrutinized
In-prison drug treatment is critical to lowering recidivism rates in Wyoming, but some veterans of a women’s prison program say it does more harm than good.
