Drug Court
MCL 600.1060(c) defines drug treatment courts as “. . . a court supervised treatment program for individuals who abuse or are dependent upon any controlled substance or alcohol.” These courts are specially designed to reduce recidivism and substance abuse among nonviolent substance-abusing offenders and to increase the offenders’ likelihood of successful habilitation through early, continuous, and intense judicially- supervised treatment, mandatory periodic drug testing, and use of appropriate sanctions.
Drug treatment courts evolved to address the revolving-door cycle in which drug and alcohol offenders moved in and out of the justice system. Drug treatment courts treat addiction as a complex disease and provide a comprehensive, sustained continuum of therapeutic interventions, treatment, and other services to increase a participant’s periods of abstinence and reduce the rate of relapse, re-arrest, and incarceration.
Michigan has been a pioneer in the drug treatment court movement. There are currently 84 drug treatment courts in Michigan, consisting of 32 adult drug courts, 23 DWI courts, 15 juvenile drug courts, 11 family dependency courts, and 3 tribal healing-to-wellness courts. Michigan’s drug treatment courts operate in 40 counties; however, the three tribal drug courts have special jurisdictions.
For a free consultation, contact Todd Levitt 989-772-6000