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Originally Posted by MTI
NJ's experience with drug courts touted by Gov. Christie/
Drug courts surfaced in New Jersey in 1996 and have since expanded to all 21 counties. Only 8 percent of graduates have been convicted of another crime in the state since 2002, according to the Administrative Office of the Courts, which runs the drug court program.
The recidivism rate for those who leave prison is 43 percent, according to Department of Corrections data.
While estimates vary, Christie said incarcerating a single person costs $49,000 annually, compared with about $25,000 for a drug court participant.
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That sounds like a pretty good plan.
Their are a lot of treatment programs for drug abusers already; but the problem is if they are caught they end up in jail which doesn't seem to help anyone.
They should just treat them like alcoholics treat them. They don't go to jail for having a beer, they go to AA meetings.