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US NY: County To Start Drug Offender Court

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1016/a04.html
Newshawk: Alex
Pubdate: Thu, 30 May 2002
Source: Star-Gazette (NY)
Copyright: 2002sStar-Gazette
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Website: http://www.stargazette.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1005
Author: Jeff Murray
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?159 (Drug Courts)

COUNTY TO START DRUG OFFENDER COURT

Program Works to Find an Alternative to Criminal System for Nonviolent Offenders.

Chemung County court officials hope to get nonviolent drug offenders off a carousel of substance abuse, arrest, jail time and more substance abuse.

The county is working with the New York State Unified Court System to create an adult drug treatment court, a concept that was introduced at the state level about 18 months ago.

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