criminal justice

What Are the Goals of Addiction Treatment Within the Criminal Justice System?

Question by aiyana ts: What are the goals of addiction treatment within the criminal justice system?
[rewrite]Will the criminals still have to undergo addiction treatment when they have gotten out of jail?
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Answer by abigail lp
The main goal, I think, would be to help the person in a way that he would not veer toward the usage of drugs to offend the law again. This will get to lower the crime rate. Treatments within the criminal justice system can also cut drug abuse in half. I believe that treatment should continue even after the individual has been released from jail. He would need it even more because once he is discharged from prison, he would be coming back to the same environment that got him to start doing drugs in the first place. It would be good for him to undergo rehabilitation or join programs such as AA or NA.

Severe Drug Abuse and How to Function Normally Sober Please Help?

Question by Taylor: severe drug abuse and how to function normally sober please help?
[rewrite]Ok so I’m kinda looking for tips or advice my dad recently passed away and I had a very bad drug addiction with meth. He passed almost a month ago and I did a very large amount Dailey for 2 weeks Ive been off it for a week but it’s like I’m so lost in my mind I don’t know how to act or think straight about anything I do.. it could be lack of water but I fight with my girlfriend Dailey and get mad over not seeing her enough or I irritate her and say rude things accuse her of other guys all the time I’ve become a monster I’m so lost almost like my mind has tunnel vision what should I do?:(
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What Are the Different Kinds of Drug Treatment Programs?

Question by dolores df: What are the different kinds of drug treatment programs?
[rewrite]I would just like to know what they’re called. Just out of curiosity, that is.
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Answer by blair *
Well, it really depends upon the drug rehab or treatment center. I guess you’d have to contact them to know what kind of program they are offering. To appease your curiosity, though, here are some kinds of treatment programs: Narcotic Antagonist Treatment Using Naltrexone, Agonist Maintenance Treatments, Short-Term Residential Programs, Outpatient Drug-Free Treatment, Long-Term Residential Treatment, Medical Detoxification and Treating Criminal Justice-Involved Drug Abusers and Addicts.

New Study for Marijuana Addiction Will Be Conducted in Portland

New study for marijuana addiction will be conducted in Portland
[rewrite]In Oregon, marijuana is second only to alcohol when it comes to admissions for substance abuse treatment, yet it's hard to find any targeted programs here or elsewhere. “There's this complacency around the drug, and it is a drug,” said Katharina Wiest, …[/rewrite]
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Clint: A path out of the darkness of addiction
[rewrite]Every time a celebrity is whisked off to rehab it sends the message to substance abusers and the people who love them that in order to recover from alcoholism and drug abuse you must go to treatment. In Texas, if you don't have private pay insurance …[/rewrite]
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Editorial: Don't Expect Pa. Pols to Be Tempted by Pot of Gold

Editorial: Don't expect Pa. pols to be tempted by pot of gold
[rewrite]In Washington state, where recreational marijuana was legalized in 2012, budget forecasters are expecting similar results. Although retail sales won't begin for a few … there are downsides to legalized weed. That's why they're planning to use some of …[/rewrite]
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Toomey, Hickton highlight toll of prescription drug addiction in Washington County
[rewrite]And it's stunning,” the Republican said in Washington at a roundtable discussion with other elected officials, law enforcement and addiction treatment and medical specialists. “We have to solve this … Nationally, drugs — both prescribed and illicit …[/rewrite]
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Man Who Served Time in Death of Friend Is Facing Drug Charges

Man who served time in death of friend is facing drug charges
[rewrite]Eagle Hawk's lawyer, Julie Hofer of the Minnehaha County Public Advocate's Office, asked Judge Joseph Neiles to lower her client's bond amount or authorize a furlough that would allow him to enter a treatment program at a halfway house while the drug …[/rewrite]
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Iowa drug prevent grants available
[rewrite]The JAG program makes it possible for states to support drug/crime control priorities, and to improve the criminal justice system, while RSAT supports substance abuse treatment in state or local correctional and detention facilities. Local and State …[/rewrite]
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