Drug courts are designed to offer treatment in lieu of incarceration for nonviolent offenders who have substance use disorders. Recent evidence has suggested the African American participants are less likely to graduate drug court than their White counterparts. This qualitative study interviewed 38 ...
Drug courts are designed to reduce crime and drug use, restore lives and strengthen families. But do they really work? Research, statistics and firsthand accounts paint a clear picture of the benefits. And jurisdictions across the United States have taken notice. A New Approach In 1989, a tea...
Provides an overview of drug courts designed to integrate drug treatment into the criminal justice system in cases of low-level defendants and reviews research on their operation, efficacy, and concerns about its impact on the prison pop... S Wenzel,S Turner,M Ridgely - 《Journal of Criminal...
Another sentencing alternative can be found in the Texas drug courts. These courts were designed to encourage rehabilitation. They require a period of intense supervision with regular check-ins. The drug court programs are not easy but they are better than a prison sentence and can actually help ...
A: While both biosimilars and generic drugs are designed to be more affordable alternatives to existing medications, they differ in their complexity and regulatory approval processes. Generic drugs are chemically identical copies of small molecule drugs, while biosimilars are highly similar versions of ...
Texas also has a system of drug courts, designed to facilitate rehabilitation rather than punishment. The drug courts are not easy, however, and do require some serious effort. Under the watchful eye of the drug court, you will be required to attend treatment, maintain a job, pass random dr...
1 Illicit and nonmedical drug use (use of medications in ways other than instructed; hereafter, illicit and nonmedical drug use are collectively referred to as “illicit drug use”) is associated with additional negative consequences in young people, including an increased risk of motor vehicle ...
Certain laws are designed to promote education of the public (e.g., those requiring warning labels on cigarettes and alcoholic beverages), and all states have Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) laws. Other drug laws attempt to reduce the demand for drugs by imposing stiff penalties for drug ...
Drug Courts are not new to the state. In Minnesota, the first Drug Court began in Hennepin County in 1996. Now, there are more than 30 counties across the state with drug courts, including a successful Drug Court in Becker and Clay counties. To see what success specialized courts can have...
Florida’s prosecuting attorneys and the criminal courts are battling drug crimes every day, and since they remain in the public eye year round, their only goal is to convict each person who comes before their office with the maximum penalties. If you do not have an accomplished Stuart drug ...