Governor otter has vetoed funding for substance abuse. Idaho is the second state with the biggest Meth Problem. With otters veteo, the people who are in need of treament, remember they are your brothers, sisters, sons , daughters and neighbors, wont get the help they need. For many, addiction is a life or death issue.Without treatment, statistics prove there is a higher crime rate, The more treatment, the less crime.

He is meeting the legislature wednesday. We are starting a campaign to get the proper funding to the community and the people that need it. Without this money, nearly one million people are with out treatment and nearly 10 thousand people out of jobs. so the following is the steps that we are taking, please join us
Urgent Legislative Action Alert
Please call 334- 2100. Your voice counts.
AACT-Idaho

March 22, 2008

ISSUE: Gov. Butch Otter has issued his first veto of the legislative session
– using his line-item veto to nix $16.8 million in substance-abuse treatment funding.
• The veto endangers current funding for drug courts.
• It also puts at risk most community-based substance abuse treatment services.
• The money that the Legislature put in the budget and the Governor vetoed was not an
increase in treatment services but for maintenance of current levels of treatment.

WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW:
• Call or email Governor Otter and tell him to work with the Legislators to restore the $16.8 million dollars.
• Call or email Legislators to override the Governors veto.
Open up the attachment for talking points and contact information. We need your help.