Federal agency dedicated to mental illness and dependence must face enormous cuts
Every day, Dora Dantzler-Wright and her colleagues distribute overdose inversion drugs on the streets of Chicago. They hold training sessions on the use of them and help people recovering from drug addiction and alcohol to return to work and families.They work closely with the Federal Government through an agency that monitors their productivity, connects them with other similar groups and distributes critical funds that continue their work.But in the last few weeks, the calls and and -mail of Mrs. Wright in Washington have remained unanswered. The federal consultants of the local office of the Agency - who supervise his group, the coalition of the Chicago recovery communities, as well as dependence programs in six midwest states and 34 tribes - have disappeared."We continue to do the job ...