Drug_Offenders

Drug Offenders There are many issues facing the rehabilitation field today. Some issues are approached with more concern than others. People feel that issues should be dealt with on a priority basis, and it seems that drug offenders are given a low priority. In my opinion, the most important issue that needs to be dealt with is the fact that most drug offenders are sent to prison and are not offered rehabilitation services addressing their addictions. According to society today, the best mean of handling drug offenders, once convicted, is to sentence them to prison. Unfortunately, there is currently a high recidivism among people released from prison. Prisons place large numbers of criminals together allowing them to associate with one another, resulting in the offenders learning more alarming habits. In a report entitled “Poor Prescription: The Costs of Imprisoning Drug Offenders in the United States, it was found that, since 1980, the number of persons imprisoned for drug offenses has increased eleven-fold, while the number of violent offenders entering state prisons has doubled and the number of nonviolent prisoners has tripled,” (Justice Policy Institute, 2000). This study shows that the number of drug offenders sent to prison has risen tremendously. The large drug, offenders, prison, number, rehabilitation, problem, united, people, issues, treatment, system, states, solve, should, prisons, place, need, large, dealt, avoid, addictions, yet, type, today, society, services, serious, sent, scheme, same, professionals, priority, one, needs, justice, issue, instead, help, habits, government, field, feel, facing, facilities, effective, deal, counselors, attempt, allowing, alcohol, addiction