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Treatment
Drug treatment from a public health approach functions far more successfully at reducing drug addiction and abuse
- Chandler et al. 09
- A META-ANALYSIS of 78 comparison-group community-based drug treatment studies
- Treatment is up to 1.8 times [180%] better in reducing drug use than the usual alternatives.
- “Research has consistently shown that community-based drug abuse treatment can reduce drug use and drug-related criminal behavior.”
- de Andrade et al. 18
- “Therapeutic communities are effective in reducing recidivism and, to a lesser extent substance use after release.”
- “Opioid maintenance treatment is effective in reducing the risk of drug use after release from prison for opioid users.”
- Both types of intervention are further enhanced by care after prison.
- Justice Policy Institute: McVay et al. 04
- Offenders who went through treatment showed a nearly two-thirds decline in overall arrests and an over 50% drop in drug possession arrests