Problem Solving Courts ACT steering Drug Use Offenders away from serving jail time through rehab
(also see Drug Courts and the Judicial Educator)
AOD Policy
Prisoners graduate from unique addiction-breaking program at Casuarina
Media release Fifty-two prisoners have graduated from a unique new rehabilitation program at Casuarina Prison designed to break the cycle of addiction to alcohol and other drugs that so often leads to criminal behaviour. The nine-month program, called Solid Steps, was developed by the Department of Justice in conjunction with external service providers the Palmerston
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Social Determinants & Substance Use – Beyond the Policy ‘Silo’ Pragmatics
This paper takes the reader on an evidence base journey into perspectives on drug policy interpretation and application that transcends the, often myopic, policy ‘silo’ perspectives. The misuse and/or reinterpretation of evidence, including reworking nomenclature, has seen a growing emphasis on drug use in a victim only light. Certainly, once the tyranny of addiction has
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Why Everything We Thought About Drugs Was Wrong
The road to hell was paved with victimology Michael Shellenberger, 14th August 2021, In the late 1990s and early 2000s, I worked with a group of friends and colleagues to advocate drug decriminalization, harm reduction, and criminal justice reform. I helped progressive Congressperson Maxine Waters organize civil rights leaders to advocate for needle exchange so
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He Lost Nearly Everything To Addiction. Then An Arrest Changed His Life
Will lost almost everything: jobs, his driver’s license, his car, his marriage and his home. He found enough temporary work to pay rent on a room, ate at soup kitchens, and stole and resold goods for cash. “Feeding that addiction,” he says. “Feeding that monster.” We’re only using Will’s first name because future landlords or
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‘Tried & Tested’ Drug Court Moves to Dubbo
The Dubbo region will benefit from a $31.5 million investment in drug rehabilitation and access to justice. Deputy Premier John Barilaro today announced the NSW Government will invest $27.9 million over the coming four financial years to expand the NSW Drug Court to Dubbo, on top of the recent $3.6 million upgrade to the city’s courthouse. “The
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Woman who fought meth addiction says Drug Treatment Court saved her life.
CBC News – June 2021 “I was hanging around some older kids, and I got into a drug called ecstasy and I was addicted to that,” she said, explaining she began experimenting with drugs in high school in an effort to fit in. But things changed when one of the older guys she hung out
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