Governor Benson has asked state agencies to cut their spending by an additional 10 per cent.
One way to cut criminal justice costs could be to expand alcohol and drug abuse treatment.
Doctors, prosecutors, judges, parole officers and many legislators agree that treating drug and alcohol addiction is more effective ? and cheaper ? than throwing people in prison.
But treatment programs are among the first to feel the cost-cutting axe.
New Hampshire Public Radio political correspondent John Milne filed this story:
