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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:30 PM
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13. You're getting warmer. Incarceration is considered a failure in the drug court
And it's all about bringing together the various agencies, including mental health and counseling. Everything you say it should have ... it does.

So I'm pleased w/the system and encourage it, despite the obvious and latent problems. It's earned our support.
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  -Alternative courts gain ground for petty criminals Lone_Star_Dem  Jun-10-08 10:13 AM   #0 
  - hmm, how about: no harm, no foul?  mikelgb   Jun-10-08 10:16 AM   #1 
  - In some cases of mental illness the harm is in not providing treatment for the person  Lone_Star_Dem   Jun-10-08 10:34 AM   #5 
  - What's more petty? Public drunkenness or private herb smoking?  tridim   Jun-10-08 10:22 AM   #2 
  - A/k/a "disorderly conduct".  no_hypocrisy   Jun-10-08 10:25 AM   #3 
  - In NY there are Drug Courts to get people off drugs and Mental Health Courts to get people on drugs.  rug   Jun-10-08 10:34 AM   #4 
     - Drug courts are better than imprisonment, but...  High Plains   Jun-10-08 10:38 AM   #6 
     - The drug laws are remnants of the view that we are all the property of the monarch  bean fidhleir   Jun-10-08 10:43 AM   #8 
     - Well, I know something about the subject. In fact, these systems  Fredda Weinberg   Jun-10-08 12:24 PM   #9 
        - What you describe is a sad commentary on our society.  High Plains   Jun-10-08 01:32 PM   #10 
           - Sad? I wasn't when I worked w/Center for Court Innovation.  Fredda Weinberg   Jun-10-08 09:39 PM   #11 
              - If it keeps people out of prison who don't need to be there, it's a good thing.  High Plains   Jun-11-08 10:44 AM   #12 
                 - You're getting warmer. Incarceration is considered a failure in the drug court  Fredda Weinberg   Jun-11-08 12:30 PM   #13 
     - Now thats Funny NT  Carnea   Jun-10-08 10:41 AM   #7 
 

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