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Warren County, Ohio, May Copy Butler's Free Prescriptions.

By Kristin McAllister, Middletown Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 12--LEBANON, Ohio--A neighboring county's efforts to provide free prescription drugs to the needy has inspired Warren County officials to study the idea.

On Thursday, the Butler County Commission announced the plan, which would use federal Community Development Block Grants.

If Warren County were to use CDBG funding for such a program, it would have about $250,000 available, Commissioner Mike Kilburn said.

In the meantime, Warren County Administ

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