Drug Courts

Drug Courts: Enter At Your Own Risk

Margaret Dooley-Sammuli | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Drug Addiction, Drug Courts, Drug Treatment, Drug Policy Alliance, Recidivism, Incarceration, Public Health, Drugs, Drug Policy, Crime News
Margaret Dooley-Sammuli

The drug war is forty years old this year. It's time to step back and ask ourselves what's the best way to solve the problem we're trying to solve -- how to reduce drug abuse and addiction -- and use the best available evidence to guide us.

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Christina Wilkie

Martin Sheen Asks Senate For Drug Courts

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 09.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Actor Martin Sheen pressed senators to expand federal funding for drug courts on Tuesday during testimony before a Senate Judiciary subc...

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Drug Courts Are Crucial to Criminal Justice Reform

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 08.29.2011

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Rep. Mike Honda

While there are no quick fixes, there are proven programs that we must expand as part of a criminal justice reform effort. One highly successful program is the drug courts.

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Drug Courts: You'd Think They Would Work

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Addiction, Drug Abuse, Drug Courts, Drug Addiction, Drug Court, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News
Stanton Peele

The drug court follows the medical model of addiction, which is American to its core, and which actually produces worse results than allowing courts to follow their usual rough brands of justice.

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Denied: Access to Brooklyn Drug Treatment Court

Dan Holton-Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Holton-Roth

Drug courts were invented in the late 1980s in Dade County, Florida in an attempt to divert drug offenders from the criminal courts and offer individuals treatment instead of incarceration.

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"All Rise!": A Better Way of Justice Is Now In Session

Nick Gillie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nick Gillie

It is time to abandon "conventional" views that prison is the solution to addiction, and consider what the research says.

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Ryan Grim

Trey Anastasio, Phish Frontman, Tells Addiction Story On Capitol Hill, Lobbies For Drug Courts

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phish's floppy-haired frontman is sporting a sharp, navy blue suit, which can only mean one of two things. And he isn't in a courtroom, so he must be ...

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