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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Colorado has come to understand that problem-solving courts such as adult, criminal drug courts, have been shown by a growing body of research to be a very effective means of reducing substance abuse, managing mental illness, and increasing the likelihood that people will remain in recovery and reintegrate into their communities as productive and contributing members.
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Drug Court is an innovative alternative to prison with emphasis on accountability and intensive monitoring for drug abusing criminal offenders. The drug court removes defendants from the clogged courtrooms of the traditional criminal justice system, placing them in a new type of courtroom environment where they undergo treatment and counseling, submit to frequent and random drug testing, make regular appearances before the judge and are monitored...