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04/07/2008

Drug Treatment for Offenders as an Alternative to Incarceration

 

Locking up Florida's addicts too expensive, ineffective (Published April 4, 2008 St. Pete Times)

There are now almost 7-million adults in our country's criminal justice system, including more than 2-million persons incarcerated in jails and prisons. Well over half of these individuals have significant substance abuse problems. Yet the vast majority of persons who need drug treatment in our criminal justice system never receive these services. 

Dr. Roger Peters, MHLP, and Mary Lynn Ulrey from DACCO describe the importance of offender drug treatment as an altermative to incarceration.

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