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If a drug addict is imprisoned, would he be able to undergo addiction treatment while in jail?


This just crossed my mind as I was reading a pamphlet about how drug users are sometimes imprisoned because of a variety of reasons. If they get released without being treated, it is likely that they will just commit crimes or acts of violence again.

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  1. #1 by sunshinebuglover on June 26, 2010 - 12:06 pm

    if a drug addict is imprisoned, by very nature of imprisonment he IS getting treatment because he is denied access to the drug for an extended period of time, which is long enough to detox and get it out of your system so you stop craving.

  2. #2 by arriana dn on June 26, 2010 - 12:13 pm

    Yes, drug addicts are being treated even while in jail. Studies have even shown that treatment need not be voluntary for it to be effective. Treatment for addicts is made even more effective when it is continued until the offender is safely back in the community.

  3. #3 by AwesomeBill on June 26, 2010 - 12:31 pm

    Some prisons, not all of them, allow addicts from a 12 step program to hold meetings on a regular basis. You would have to ask the particular prison that allows such.

  4. #4 by bl on June 26, 2010 - 12:32 pm

    yes they can get treatment – but they cannot be cured.
    addicts must want to be cured, no one can cure them,

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