Pubdate: Sat, 08 Dec 2001
Source: Daily Herald (IL)
Copyright: 2001 The Daily Herald Company
Contact:  http://www.dailyherald.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/107
Author: Paula McGowen

TREATMENT, NOT JAIL, IS SOLUTION TO DRUG ABUSE

It was encouraging to see in the Daily Herald's drug series that Kane 
County authorities, most notably Kane County Judge James Doyle, the Kane 
County State's Attorney's office and probation and law enforcement, were 
not only acknowledging a drug epidemic in the suburbs, but had also 
implemented innovative programs to combat it, abandoning the typical lock 
'em up mentality of prosecutors and judges in favor of treatment for addicts.

I can only hope that officials in DuPage County will put aside the politics 
and start taking steps to work together to treat and not just incarcerate 
our addiction problem.

Paula McGowen

Glen Ellyn
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