Ventura County To Get Much-Needed Drug Treatment Center For Youths
The facility, which could be serving the county in a year's time, will focus first on foster kids and at-risk children in public-sector programs, but care also will likely be available to the general public.
Ventura County Star:
Drug Treatment Site For Kids Could Be Open In Year
A long-sought residential substance abuse treatment center should be completed outside Camarillo by this winter and in less than a year could be treating youths with addictions to substances ranging from alcohol to opioids, project leaders said Wednesday. Site work on the two-cottage center with 16 bedrooms began in January as part of an expansion of Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families and was celebrated in a groundbreaking ceremony. Treatment will focus first on foster youths and other at-risk children in public-sector programs, but care also will likely be available to the general public, said Casa Pacifica CEO Steve Elson. (Kisken, 4/5)
In other news —
The Associated Press:
Police Object To California Marijuana Regulation Revamp
California law enforcement officials objected Wednesday to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed streamlining of the state’s marijuana regulations, saying his plan could endanger public safety. Brown’s administration released documents late Tuesday outlining proposed changes to square the state’s new recreational pot law with its longstanding law on medical marijuana. (Blood and Elias, 4/5)