Virginia Organizing Project Hold Drug Court Forum in Lee County
Virginia Organizing Project Hold Drug Court Forum in Lee County – LEE COUNTY, VA- With local jail costs crippling the Lee County budget, The Virginia Organizing Project held a forum Friday to support the use of drug courts as an alternative to the existing expensive and ineffective justice and treatment system. Advocates from the judiciary, prosecution, defense bar, probation, law enforcement, mental health, social service, and treatment communities gathered at the Mountain Empire Community College to educate the public on the benefit of Drug Courts and to encourage state Delegate Terry Kilgore to support the funding of a Drug Court in Lee County. Drug Courts are widely supported among the criminal justice and substance abuse treatment communities as an effective alternative to jail time and probation. Rufus Bryant is a Recovery Coach with Lee County Behavioral Health and is a strong supporter of Drug Courts.
Council continues synthetic drug ordinance discussion
Filed under: state funded drug rehab
Davidson said he does not know of a lab in the United States that tests for all the 100 and more chemical compounds that make up synthetic drugs. The seven chemicals the lab tests for are the most … “I have a son in rehab because of all of this stuff …
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Terrible bills from the Arkansas legislature
Filed under: state funded drug rehab
Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) that caps state spending increases by 3 percent a year, or, if the three-year spending average has been less than 3 percent, that lower figure. It's unnecessary; the legislature … Jeremy Hutchinson (R-Little Rock), in …
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Funding sought to aid ex-cons
Filed under: state funded drug rehab
Mr. Beazley is helping the coalition seek funds. “It's about … While other urban counties in Ohio, including Montgomery, Franklin, and Cuyahoga have re-entry offices, Toledo's re-entry group has been a pioneer and trendsetter, according to state …
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Report: One out of Five Arrests Involve Someone on Probation or Parole
Filed under: state funded drug rehab
The study, which was funded by the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States, the Public Welfare Foundation, the Fund for Nonviolence and the Rosenberg Foundation, answers one question that to date has been a matter of …
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