Affirmative Action –
April 15, 2019 – Overall support for increased funding fell steadily from 1990 through 2012, just as the opiate crisis was about to take hold and capture media attention. ‘The coverage of the opioid epidemic has gotten greater attention than anything in the drug arena over the last 30, 40 years,’ said Peter Provet, CEO of the New York City-based Odyssey House rehabilitation center.
Black and white Americans have historically been sharply divided on this issue, with African Americans significantly more likely to be in support of more funding for drug rehab than their white counterparts – with calls for more spending ranging from 60 percent to more than 80 percent over the past three decades.
