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single state authorities  

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  • Federal legislation requires each state to have a single state authority (SSA) responsible for coordinating alcohol and drug prevention and treatment activities for the state. This entry describes the development of the SSA concept and outlines the relationships with the Hughes Act and the Uniform Act.DevelopmentIn the 1960s, community responses to chronic alcoholics relied on jails and imprisonment—detoxification in drunk tanks and sentences to county workhouses for drying out. [Source: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery; Single State Authorities]

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