$1.3 Million Drug Court Program Looks to Help Prescription Drug Abusers
The YouCan drug court program is aimed to help 185 prescription medicine abusers over three years using a nearly $1.3 million grant.
A statewide, prescription database might have reduced “doctor shopping” but prescription drugs still rank as the major abused substance that lands people in Adult Drug Court, said Nick Bridenback, drug court director. In an effort to combat prescription medicine abuse a special drug court program is aimed to help 185 abusers coming through the Sixth Judicial Circuit over three years using a nearly $1.3 million grant. The YouCan program offers certain non-violent felony offenders a chance at treatment through a nationally recognized model. Men and women between 18 and 26 years old and facing criminal charges for issues related to prescription drug abuse are eligible for the court-supervised, comprehensive treatment program that is expected …
