
Drug related crimes are highly prevalent, and many people are incarcerated for drug related offences. These include offences to which a drug’s pharmacologic effects contribute; offences motivated by the user’s need for money to support continued use; and offences connected to drug distribution itself. A significant proportion of people going through criminal systems worldwide are drug dependent.
In general, drug use should be seen as a health care condition and drug users should be treated in the health care system rather than in the criminal justice system where possible. Interventions for drug dependent people in the criminal justice system should address treatment as an alternative to incarceration, and also provide drug dependence treatment while in prison and after release. Effective coordination between the health/drug dependence treatment system and the criminal justice system is necessary to address the twin problems of drug use related crime and the treatment and care needs of drug dependent people.
Research results indicate that drug dependence treatment is highly effective in reducing crime. Treatment and care as alternative to imprisonment or commenced in prison followed by support and social reintegration after release decrease the risk of relapse in drug use, of HIV transmission and of re-incidence in crime, with significant benefits for the individual health, as well as public security and social savings. Offering treatment as an alternative to incarceration is a highly cost-effective measure for society.
In California, there is a drug rehab and other exclusive adolescent drug rehab program which located in Orange Country. It is Chapman House, Inc. Chapman House would welcome the opportunity to answer any questions you may have about drug detoxification , drug intervention, addiction and inpatient drug treatment for adults, co-existing disorders, exclusive inpatient program for adolescents, and Executive Drug Rehab at Capo.








