1.0 link 217645 <![CDATA[The Real Road to Recovery: My Journey from Heroin Addiction to Helping to End the War on Drugs]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathie-kanewillis/the-real-road-to-recovery_b_217645.html There are many reasons why I believe that treatment is better than prison for those who use drugs. Research demonstrates that people who receive treatment are far less likely to commit crimes than people who don't receive it.

Recidivism drops and public safety is improved when individuals with substance use disorders are served by treatment rather than prison. I have learned this as a researcher from studying the "literature."

But I have also learned that treatment is effective from my own life,...

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