“Colorado serves as an experimental lab for the nation to determine the impact of legalizing marijuana.” Click the button below to download the annual report documenting the impact of[...]
4 Walls for Paws
Chesterfield County’s Juvenile Drug Court partnered with Parks and Recreation to build 15 dog houses to be donated to Animal Control. These dog houses will be provided to citizens free of charg[...]
Good-bye Addiction
A good-bye letter written by an Adult Drug Court Participant, Chris. I am writing this letter to say good-bye. I don’t feel like you deserve this, but I believe you need to hear this.[...]
Fentenyl now America’s Deadliest Drug
Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America, federal health officials announced Wednesday, with over 18,000 overdose deaths in 2016, the most recent year for which statistics are available. It̵[...]
The Evolution of Today’s Marijuana
Because marijuana impairs short-term memory and judgment and distorts perception, it can impair performance in school or at work and make it dangerous to drive. It also affects brain sys[...]
Opioid Use Disorder and MAT
This document is designed to further educate justice system professionals about Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and call attention to key issues surrounding medication assisted treatment (MAT), the evidence[...]
Understanding the Basics of Addiction
Addiction: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) defines addiction as “a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking [behavior] and use, despite harmful con[...]
Research Split on Addiction Injection Vivitrol as More States Try it Out
A handful of states are experimenting with a monthly injection that could help addicted inmates stay clean after they are released from prison. Proponents of the injection point to a few s[...]
Suboxone – Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side
For Shawn Schneider, a carpenter and rock musician, the descent into addiction began one Wisconsin winter with a fall from a rooftop construction site onto the frozen ground below. As the potent pain [...]