President of Phoenix House Makes Statement on NIDA Report
25 July 2006 "In its report released today, Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and its Director, Dr. Nora Volkow, have made a compelling case for drug abuse treatment and the use of proven and predictably effective treatment methods as an antidote to crime and all the many other costs and burdens drug abuse imposes on society.
"Based on a comprehensive review of the scientific literature, the NIDA report lays out a set of 13 reasoned and reasonable principles for the treatment of criminal justice populations. Together, these principles underline the need for treatment of adequate duration tailored to the needs of the individual client. They stress the importance of coordinating treatment with correctional planning, the value of rewards and sanctions in working with a criminal justice population, and the benefits of following a prison-based program with treatment in the community.
"The NIDA report argues powerfully for an expansion of prison-based and post-prison treatment -- as well as treatment in lieu of prison for most nonviolent drug-abusing offenders. Today, within the criminal justice population, barely one drug abusers in five receives any treatment at all -- and far fewer receive treatment consistent with NIDA's 13 principles."
NOTE: Treating nearly 6,000 men, women and teenagers each day at programs in nine states, Phoenix House is the nation's largest non-profit substance abuse services agency.
Source: prnewswire
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