Article: Five new drug courts will serve six W.Va. counties

Article: State Supreme Court Wants Legislature to Fund Drug Courts
The State Journal;  October 17, 2008 ;     546 words ......greater role in funding drug courts, with the promise that...the state save money. Drug courts are courts specifically...Many states have made drug courts a fixture of their justice systems, but in West Virginia the courts are still...other states have shown drug ...

Article: Supreme Court Says More Drug Courts Coming Soon to W.Va.
The State Journal;  January 23, 2009 ;     665 words ...West Virginia, like many states, has a problem with...the state soon will be adding six more drug courts in an effort to reduce jailing costs...included in Gov. Joe Manchin's Drug Free West Virginia Plan, which provided the state Supreme...

Article: Sustaining Drug Courts in Arizona and South Carolina: An Experience in Hodgepodge Budgeting*
Justice System Journal;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......light on this topic by examining how drug courts are initially funded at the local level...project with an inductive examination of drug courts using elite interviews of individuals...instrumental in adopting and implementing drug courts in Arizona and South Carolina. We asked...

Article: FUND DRUG COURTS: SAVE LIVES, MONEY.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 16, 2000 ;     543 words ......appropriation for treatment services in drug courts, which are cost-effective for taxpayers...hodgepodge (mostly federal) funding of drug courts would embody the I-695 spirit that government be as cost-effective as possible. Drug courts cost more to operate initially, but...

Article: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING RESEARCH REPORT ON WYOMING DRUG COURTS WINS NATIONAL AWARD
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 26, 2006 ;     465 words ......following news release: A report on drug courts in Wyoming, conducted by Wyoming Survey...Abuse Division, evaluated Wyoming's 17 drug courts at that time. There are now 23 state-funded drug courts, which currently serve more than 600...

Article: DRUG COURTS NEED LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 16, 2000 ;     332 words ......ratchet up in intensity, state funding for drug courts - an almost minuscule line item in terms...Gov. Gary Locke. Although individual drug courts differ in some aspects, they share these...It promises to decimate the fledgling drug courts in King, Spokane, Pierce and Clallam...

Article: Drug courts have some drawbacks
Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  December 5, 2004 ;     303 words ......insightfully and compassionately administered, drug courts can make a large contribution to rehabilitation...of unnecessary imprisonment. However, drug courts are not a panacea and do present some...get arrested to get treatment. Some drug courts rely on abstinence-based treatment...

Article: Oregon budget trims drug courts' funding
Corrections Digest;  August 17, 2001 ;     274 words ......contributions to the state's pioneering drug courts and reduces legal defense funds for...second state after Florida to create drug courts as supervisory institutions that provide...alternatives to incarceration. Last year, drug courts supervised 1,489 offenders and graduated...

Article: RESCUE VIRGINIA'S DRUG COURTS FROM BUDGET EXTINCTION
Roanoke Times & World News;  March 19, 2002 ;     326 words ......the inherent and long-term value of drug courts. Everyone except Virginia. The program...beginning July 1. Of all 50 states with drug courts, Virginia has the dubious distinction...astoundingly shortsighted. Since 1995, Virginia drug courts have successfully dealt with low- level...

Article: Researcher says drug courts help reduce criminal activity.(Nation)
The Washington Times;  June 1, 2001 ;     545 words ...Drug courts reduce drug arrests and criminal activity...However, less is known about the impact drug courts have on drug use or employment by people...Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Drug courts are moving the criminal-justice system...

Article: Scott says budget to include drug courts: The congressman wonders why the president's proposal left out the program for nonviolent offenders.
Daily Press (Newport News, VA);  July 3, 2007 ;     442 words ......earmark $40 million in grant money for drug courts in next year's federal budget. In a...Daily Press Editorial Board, Scott said drug courts are an important alternative route through...president has eliminated funding for drug courts, Scott said. We're putting it back in...

Article: Oxycontin settlement funds set for state's war on drugs: ; West Virginia received more than $44 million for investigative work
Charleston Daily Mail;  January 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of the State address, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin unveiled...common painkiller. The West Virginia State Police were awarded...plan for a drug-free West Virginia." The terms of the settlement...investigators in Southern West Virginia could soon be ...

Article: Juvenile Drug Courts and Teen Substance Abuse.(Book review)
Social Work;  January 1, 2006 ;     523 words ...Juvenile Drug Courts and Teen Substance Abuse. Jeffrey A. Butts and...examines the history and current status of juvenile drug courts. It provides excellent models of successful adult drug courts and a few examples of juvenile drug courts...

Article: Drug courts could turn tide in war on crime; PERSONAL VIEW: Scotland could benefit from American system
Evening Times;  November 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ...THE US-style drug courts which are planned for Scotland are...heard in the Scottish Parliament . Drug courts are widely used in America and are...misuse and crime and the US style drug courts may be very useful in that respect...