DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES PREDICTED IF CAL. ENDS METHADONE FUNDING:

What’s most noteworthy about the prediction is the source: an op ed piece written by Lee Baca, sheriff of LA County and Charlie Beck, LA chief of police. They say cutting $55 million out of the Medi-Cal methadone program “… is tantamount to destroying the lives of 35,000 people, as well as having them return to addiction. The impacts are significant, and go beyond the patients themselves.” Full story in LA Daily News 6 July http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_15445015