Humboldt’s Drug Epidemic- Solution 12-Step Religion

Humboldt’s drug epidemic- solution 12-Step Religion – Prisoners and parolees need to make it clear both in words and deeds that they earnestly want to remain clean and sober, that they are willing to participate…

White House Budget Would Fund Drug Punishment Over Treatment

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

"The administration deserves some credit for moving this ratio slightly in the right direction over the years, but a drug control budget that increases funding for the DEA and the Bureau of Prisons is simply not the kind of strategy we need in the 21st …
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WV Delegate Lane pushes drug court program expansion

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Delegate Patrick Lane, R-Kanawha, offered an amendment to the prison reform bill that would expand the drug court program to all 55 counties. Delegate Patrick Lane, R-Kanawha, offered an amendment to the prison reform bill that would expand the drug …
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New York City faces prison time for having drugs in Watertown

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Judge Kim H. Martusewicz mandated that he serve his sentence in the prison system's Willard Drug Treatment Program. If an inmate completes the 90-day program, he serves the remainder of his sentence under parole supervision. Mr. Johnson has spent …
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