Model for Ohio
DART refers minor drug offenders to treatment. Some of them will land in Zepf's recovery housing program. Lucas County not only has created a unique treatment unit run by the sheriff's office, but also has developed a growing network of treatment … Read more on Toledo Blade

Problems worsen for two drug treatment centers
Time stopped in October for two drug treatment centers on Boston's Long Island, when the city shut down the bridge that was the only route to their facilities. Both had to abandon their offices on the island. Their clients — poor and trying to kick … Read more on Boston Globe (subscription)

Huntington Mayor Williams Announces Multi Agency Addiction Treatment …
LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) – LEAD is a pre-booking diversion program that allows officers to redirect low-level offenders engaged in drugs or prostitution activity to treatment services instead of jail and prosecution. The city is … Read more on HNN Huntingtonnews.net

Veterans Courts trending in Arizona
With more military men and women returning from the battlefield with physical and mental wounds, courts that cater only to veterans — focusing on rehabilitation rather than punishment — are operating across the country, and Arizona is on the vanguard … Read more on azcentral.com