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Colorado police agencies, armed with $21M in marijuana tax revenue, try to steer mentally ill, drug addicted away from jail

In a new approach, police in 10 communities will divvy up $21.5 million in aid from Colorado to try cleaning up high-crime areas by steering those struggling with drug addiction and mental health disorders toward treatment and housing instead of incarcerating them in jails. Officials with the Colorado Department of Human Services announced the awards on Wednesday. “We’re thrilled,” said Doyle Forrestal, the chief executive officer of the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council, a consortium of behavioral health providers in the state, which lobbied for the state financing.

 

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