Drug Testing in Community Corrections: Results from a Four-Year Program

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
GENNARO F. VITO ◽  
DEBORAH G. WILSON ◽  
STEPHEN T. HOLMES
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Community Corrections ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Community Supervision ◽  
Jefferson County ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Substance Abuse Program ◽  
Drug Of Choice

Drug testing has become a significant part of community supervision. This article summarizes the results from a Jefferson County (Kentucky) program. During the program, the level of positive tests has continuously declined to a rate of 35%. Marijuana and cocaine were consistently the drug of choice for this population. Lower recidivism rates were recorded for offenders who completed the treatment offered by the Kentucky Substance Abuse Program, Inc. (KSAP).

Informed Consent: Hospitals Must Obtain Informed Consent Prior to Drug Testing Pregnant Patients

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-457 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Positive Test ◽  
Test Results ◽  
University Of South Carolina ◽  
Substance Abuse Program ◽  
Medical University

In Ferguson v. City of Charleston, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) developed a policy in conjunction with police and prosecutors that requires pregnant and post-pregnancy women to be tested for cocaine in their urine if they presented with certain factors. If the patient is still pregnant, her first positive test results in referral to a substance abuse program. After a second positive test, or upon failure to comply with the substance abuse program, the woman would be arrested. If a patient tested positive upon delivery of her baby, she would be arrested “as soon as medically possible.” A Solicitor’s Letter given to and signed by each woman after her first positive test explains these comequences. Concomitantly, a letter given to all patients receiving prenatal care informs them of the effects of drug use and warns of possible referral to the prosecutor’s office.

Results of Random Drug Testing in an Adolescent Substance Abuse Program

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. e843-e848 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Levy ◽  
L. Sherritt ◽  
B. L. Vaughan ◽  
M. Germak ◽  
J. R. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Adolescent Substance Abuse ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Substance Abuse Program ◽  
Random Drug Testing

scholarly journals Acceptability of Drug Testing in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Program for Adolescents

2011 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Levy ◽  
John R. Knight ◽  
Thomas Moore ◽  
Zohar Weinstein ◽  
Lon Sherritt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Substance Abuse Program

Evaluation of the Texas Correctional Substance Abuse Treatment Initiative: The Impact of Policy Research

1996 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Eisenberg ◽  
Tony Fabelo
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Substance Abuse Program ◽  
Complete Treatment ◽  
Treatment Research ◽  
Retention In Treatment ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
The Impact

An evaluation of the first Texas correctional therapeutic community substance abuse program indicated that recidivism was significantly reduced for offenders completing treatment. However, a large number of offenders did not complete treatment and those persons had recidivism rates comparable to those not participating. Rapid expansion of these programs caused problems associated with client selection, program consistency, and retention in treatment. Research showed that the operational “nuts and bolts” were not in place to effectively expand these programs from 5,000 beds to the originally planned 14,000 beds. Based on these findings, the Texas Legislature decided against expansion.

A Descriptive Study of US Army Soldiers Referred to, Evaluated By And Enrolled In The Army Substance Abuse Program, 1988-2003

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilyssa E. Hollander ◽  
Nicole S. Bell ◽  
Margaret Phillips ◽  
Paul J. Amoroso ◽  
Les MacFarling
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Substance Abuse Program ◽  
Army Soldiers

“Of Sound Mind and Body”

2019 ◽  
pp. 64-86
Author(s):  
Frank E. Vandervort ◽  
Vincent J. Palusci
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
Prenatally Exposed ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Sound Mind

Substance abuse is a major medical and social problem. Estimates suggest that each year some 15 percent of the 4 million babies born in the United States are exposed to drugs or alcohol. Research demonstrates that exposure to these substances is harmful to the children in both the short term and across their developmental trajectory. This chapter summarizes the harms that might result from such prenatal exposure and considers the ways that both federal and state law respond to this. The chapter argues for universal drug testing of newborns in an effort to ascertain whether they have been prenatally exposed to such substances so that treatment and other services can be provided.

A Pilot Study of Low-Cost Contingency Management to Increase Attendance in an Adolescent Substance Abuse Program

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher E. Branson ◽  
Anna Maria Barbuti ◽  
Philip Clemmey ◽  
Lisa Herman ◽  
Phintso Bhutia
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Contingency Management ◽  
Adolescent Substance Abuse ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Substance Abuse Program
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