The current debate over national drug control policy is dominated by extremes. On the one
side are drug warriors who seek to eradicate drug use by advancing right controls on drug …

Three major civil commitment programs for drug addicts have been established in the United
States in the last 30 years: the California Civil Addict Program (CAP), the New York Civil …

This paper presents an abbreviated survey of the substance abuse treatment literature
regarding the effectiveness of various levels of coercion. The review provides overall …

The empirical literature on coerced treatment offers support for all three of these
assumptions. Drug users are responsible for a high proportion of crime, and the frequency of …

The idea of using the legal system to get drug users into treatment tends to polarise debate
between those who present it as a solution to drug related crime, and others who see it as …

This article draws attention to some empirical patterns in the research literature that raise
questions concerning how effective the dominant modes of therapy are and whether …

This paper summarizes what is known, and what is uncertain, about strategies what exploit
the coercive potential of the criminal justice system to get problem drug users to get …

The term" criminal justice client" generally refers to an individual entering a drug treatment
program under coercion from the criminal justice (CJ) system. However, a broader definition …

alcohol-and drug-dependent patients who are behaving in socially unacceptable ways. Is
coercion effective or is it society's wish to have its way? Motivation to quit drinking or using …

Drug policy has generated two debates in recent years. The more entertaining one concerns
the retention of our current prohibitions-the legalization debate. For better or for worse, this …