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TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts)
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 01:08 AM Aug 2018

Donnelly Touts Drug Enforcement, Treatment Efforts

In an election year, U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) Tuesday touted drug enforcement funding he’s helped secure for Indiana law enforcement agencies.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry says Donnelly was vital to ensure Indiana counties received a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area designation from the federal government. Curry says money from that program has direct benefit to law enforcement.

“Paying overtime for officers assigned to those types of investigations, equipment,” Curry says.

Donnelly says treatment is just as important. He says he’s worked to secure help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in this year’s Farm Bill for rural telemedicine.

Read more: https://indianapublicradio.org/news/2018/08/donnelly-touts-drug-enforcement-treatment-efforts/

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Donnelly Touts Drug Enforcement, Treatment Efforts (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2018 OP
I hope he can pull it off and win radical noodle Aug 2018 #1

radical noodle

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1. I hope he can pull it off and win
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 01:12 AM
Aug 2018

Drugs are a big problem in Indiana and Pence ignored the problem for a long time.

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