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OR: Child Abuse Rises in Wake of Addiction Program Cuts
June 7, 2006

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Child-abuse cases in Oregon rose 19 percent after the state legislature made sharp cuts in funding for addiction-treatment programs, the Tacoma News Tribune reported June 6.

State officials said that alcohol and other drug abuse -- which play a major role in 48 percent of child-abuse cases -- was the biggest factor behind the increase. Oregon child-abuse cases have risen 125 percent in the past decade, with methamphetamine use a significant part of the trend.

The fiscal-year 2005 data come from the annual report of the Oregon Department of Human Services. The Oregon legislature cut treatment funding in 2003, in the midst of a state budget crisis. 

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