Florida's Family Drug Courts Help Parents Clean Up, Families Reunite

Florida's family drug courts help parents clean up, families reunite

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Cohen, who started a dependency drug court in Miami-Dade in 1999, said most substance-abuse treatment programs only succeed in reunifying families about 15 percent of the time. For dependency drug courts, more than 50 percent of participating parents … Read more on Naples Daily News

Allegheny County's court programs expedite cases, cut backlog

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… successfully completing the program, 78 percent had remained crime-free. "By offering court-monitored treatment, the Drug Court team aims to break the damaging and costly cycle of addiction, crime and incarceration," reads a summary of the program. Read more on Pittsburgh Post Gazette

County program reclaims addicts' lives, saves taxpayer money

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“I said, 'I'm an addict and need help.' ” Hotchkiss was one of the early participants of the county's Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison program (DTAP), which allows people charged with drug possession to enter into treatment followed by intensive … Read more on Arizona Daily Star