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Community Education Centers comments on National Institute on Drug Abuse report

Published in Law and Health Weekly, August 26th, 2006

A recent report released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that effective offender drug treatment can provide substantial cost savings to communities and also reduce crime.

The report, Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations, found that drug treatment lowers recidivism rates and is also cost-effective, estimating that for every dollar spent on addiction treatment programs there is a $4 to $7 reduction in the cost of drug-related crimes.

"As the leading provider of substance abuse treatment to correctional populations in America, I am pleased to see that the results of CEC's outcome - based studies...

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