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Tuesday, 21 January 2020 / Published in Drugs, Substance Use Disorder, Treatment
Chief District Court Judge Tom Jarrell (Guilford County, NC) died suddenly last August in his bedroom.  His colleagues were stunned at his sudden passing at age 56.  They went from
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Tuesday, 14 January 2020 / Published in Traffic Safety
20/20 vision is considered by some to be perfect eyesight, but what it really means is that a person does not need any aids, such as glasses, to see even
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Tuesday, 07 January 2020 / Published in Substance Use Disorder
In 2016, the United States Surgeon General issued the report: Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health.  In the report, he defined “addiction” as:
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Tuesday, 03 September 2019 / Published in Substance Use Disorder
Every family has one — Grandpa who is an “alkie,” the “junkie” cousin, the little brother who has become a “pothead,” and Mom who takes too many Vicodin.  But what we
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Tuesday, 27 August 2019 / Published in Law
At the 92nd PAAM Annual Conference, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and JSI Vice President David J. Wallace was presented with the MATCP Jeff Sauter Treatment Court Award.
Sustainability is much more than having money to operate your Treatment Court. Sustainability requires a plan on the necessary steps to operate the Treatment Court: it requires that the community is educated about the program’s success; and it requires that non-monetary sources are located that can support the Court’s efforts. Sufficient funds are just one part of an overall plan for sustainability.
Tuesday, 05 February 2019 / Published in Traffic Safety
Guest Contributor: Michael Dreznes How can we justify our lack of global effort to defeat what has been called “the second worst epidemic in mankind’s history?” An Alarming Epidemic In
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Tuesday, 01 January 2019 / Published in Law, Problem Solving Courts
Drug Treatment Courts (DTC) and those that have a similar outlook have been called “problem-solving, accountability, behavioral justice, therapeutic, problem oriented, collaborative justice, outcome oriented and constructive intervention courts.”1 All
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Thursday, 06 December 2018 / Published in Podcast
New Zealand’s Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts – Justice Speaks Podcast Judges Lisa Tremewan and Ema Aitken are the founders of the New Zealand Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment
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Thursday, 15 November 2018 / Published in Podcast
Dr. Robert DuPont Talks Chemical Slavery – Justice Speaks Podcast 50 years ago, Robert DuPont, M.D. started working in a state prison as a psychiatrist to see if he could
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