The Michigan prescription drug and opiate abuse task force found that the surge in heroin use results from the growing opioid prescription drug epidemic.  As this plague threatens to overwhelm the criminal justice system and fills hospitals’ emergency rooms, many people are asking what can be done. The most recent research tells us that locking

Whatever joy the Sumerians thought the poppy brought, opiate use —  heroin and opioid pain relievers like oxycodon — is now an epidemic, not just in Michigan, but across the United States. In just the past three weeks: Two sisters from Farmington overdosed on heroin in different locations on the same day. A 20-year-old woman from

The intuitive understanding of the central role of the judge, which had been embraced by many of the original Drug Treatment Court (DTC) judges in creating and operating their courts, has been supported by significant new research. DTCs have been the subject of more scientific research than any other judicial activity. However, the primary focus