Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann: accountability for prosecutorial abuse

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

Those who torture, illegally eavesdrop, commit systemic financial fraud, even launder money for designated terrorists and drug dealers are all protected from criminal liability, while those who are powerless – or especially, as in Swartz's case, those …
Read more on The Guardian (blog)

Black and Hispanic Patients Less Likely to Complete Substance Abuse …

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

According to researchers, the statistical differences roughly translate to 13,000 fewer completed episodes of drug treatment for black patients and 8,000 fewer for Hispanic patients, compared to white patients. Other minority groups, including Native …
Read more on Science Daily (press release)

Health and hard time

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

History, studies and what statistics are currently available, all indicate that the health risks associated with incarceration are horrid. Inmates … "CSC provides all inmates in CSC's custody with essential health care, and reasonable access to …
Read more on CMAJ