Push for leniency in drug sentencing has been a hard sell in Florida

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The cost of incarcerating a drug offender for a mandatory three-year prison sentence in Florida is estimated at $ 58,400, while the cost of treatment in a work release program is $ 19,130, according to an analysis by the Florida Office of Program and …
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San Patrignano – A Free Drug Rehab Community

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Last night I received a call from a 19-year-old girl in tears as her life is in ruins because of her addiction to methedrone, ketamin and ecstasy. She has reached out to me for help to enter the long term FREE residential drug rehabilitation community …
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Decriminalising drugs

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

Seetahal said the issue of drug users was a social issue and needed to be treated that way. “The best way to deal with it is to allow the user to enter a drug rehabilitation programme which is monitored by the court. They would receive the appropriate …
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