The commission formed to combat the opioid epidemic will be announcing a number of initatives designed to push government action. Stat News claims to have obtained a copy of the draft report, expected to be released Wednesday, which includes 53 recommendations.
Among the actions to be recommended by the commission is the formation of drug courts in every federal judicial district, noting that as of 2015, fewer than a third of federal judicial districts and only 44 percent of U.S. counties operated drug courts.
But drug courts, the unofficial report points out, “have been shown to increase engagement in addiction treatment and reduce recidivism rates,” rather than the results produced by standard courts, since they combine both criminal justice and addiction treatment so that those with substance use disorder can avoid criminal sentencing—as long as they comply with a treatment course that can include counseling and medication-assisted treatment.
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