Addiction, Relapse and Criminalization
After criminal convictions, many people with substance use disorder are placed on probation with the condition they remain completely drug free. They are often jailed when they relapse, setting back recovery and removing them from treatment that helps keep them clean. Is that fair, when relapse is a common symptom of their disease (and many others)? Addiction and and legal experts discuss. Learn more at: radiohealthjournal.org/commonwealth-eldred-addiction-relapse-and-criminalization/
In Good Health · Greg Johnson, Elizabeth Westfield, Maayan Voss de Bettancourt | AURN
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After criminal convictions, many people with substance use disorder are placed on probation with the condition they remain completely drug free. They are often jailed when they relapse, setting back recovery and removing them from treatment that helps keep them clean. Is that fair, when relapse is a common symptom of their disease (and many others)? Addiction and and legal experts discuss.
Learn more at: radiohealthjournal.org/commonwealth-eldred-addiction-relapse-and-criminalization/
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