•Heroin addict is 3 times more likely to be re incarcerated without rehabilitation
• The percentage of people using drugs after they were discharged from ADAA funded programs was substantially lower than the percentages who used drugs at admission, and completion of treatment and length of time spent in treatment were correlated with reduced use of drugs.
• According to the federal NTIES report, offenders who went through treatment showed a nearly two-thirds decline in overall arrests and an over 50% drop in drug possession arrests
• The percentage of clients arrested for drug possession declined by 51 percent while the percentage arrested for any charge declined by 64 percent
• Changes in criminal behavior were larger, between seventy and ninety percent
• The prison cycle also affects the youth, through rehabilitation programs such as go kids we can effectively break this cycle
•“No matter how you feel about drug-addicted inmates, you’re going to pay for dealing with their addiction. So why aren’t we choosing the cheaper, and arguably more humane, option?”
(Carmichael, Newsweek)
• The percentage of people using drugs after they were discharged from ADAA funded programs was substantially lower than the percentages who used drugs at admission, and completion of treatment and length of time spent in treatment were correlated with reduced use of drugs.
• According to the federal NTIES report, offenders who went through treatment showed a nearly two-thirds decline in overall arrests and an over 50% drop in drug possession arrests
• The percentage of clients arrested for drug possession declined by 51 percent while the percentage arrested for any charge declined by 64 percent
• Changes in criminal behavior were larger, between seventy and ninety percent
• The prison cycle also affects the youth, through rehabilitation programs such as go kids we can effectively break this cycle
•“No matter how you feel about drug-addicted inmates, you’re going to pay for dealing with their addiction. So why aren’t we choosing the cheaper, and arguably more humane, option?”
(Carmichael, Newsweek)