Protecting America’s Addicted: Drug Rehab Over Incarceration

DRUG REHAB VS. INCARCERATION Richard Nixon coined the phrase "The War on Drugs" in 1971 The first anti-drug budget was $100 million. Adjusted for inflation, the expenses have increased 31x The United States has spent $1 trillion in the last 4 decades and it hasn't halted the flow of drugs into the country, yet taxpayer costs continue to grow year after year Of the 2.3 million inmates in the United States, more than 50% have a history of substance abuse and 108,000 of the 319,455 federal inmates in 2010 were in on drug-related charges From 2001 to 2011, the number of drug rehab residents in Portugal, considered by many as a global powerhouse of drug use prevention, rose 400%. During that time, drug use fell to an all-time low In fact, Portugal currently has the lowest drug use rate of any Western European country at 0.9% U.S. prisons refuse to provide treatment for drug addicts and miss out on the chance to cut down future crime. Treatment can reduce recidivism rates from 50% to 20% according to the DEA The cost of getting an addict through rehab is roughly 25% the cost of keeping them in prison Prison - $26,000 Rehab - $6,000 MIRAMAR GETTING WELL STAYING WELL http://www.unityrehab.com/rehab-corner/drug-rehab-instead-of-incarceration/ ال للللا