Drug Offenders Ducking Out of Treatment, Study Finds
Statistics from a state-funded UCLA study show that nearly half of California's drug offenders who opted for community-based rehabilitation programs in lieu of jail time never completed their treatment, and over 25 percent of offenders did not show up on their first day.
In 2000, voters passed Proposition 36, an initiative that gives nonviolent drug users an opportunity to stop using narcotics through local drug-treatment programs before they face incarceration. Every year since, a comprehensive study analyzing Prop. 36 has been conducted by UCLA assessing the efficacy of the program. TIMOTHY JUE in THE CALIFORNIA AGGIE
In 2000, voters passed Proposition 36, an initiative that gives nonviolent drug users an opportunity to stop using narcotics through local drug-treatment programs before they face incarceration. Every year since, a comprehensive study analyzing Prop. 36 has been conducted by UCLA assessing the efficacy of the program. TIMOTHY JUE in THE CALIFORNIA AGGIE