Case Management Reduces Drug Use and Criminality Among Drug-Involved Arrestees - U S Department of Justice - Bog

The spread of HIV/AIDS has lent new urgency to the issue of substance abuse because of the high risk for transmission posed through injection drug use and sexual contact with individuals who themselves have injected drugs. With the likelihood of arrest far greater among heavy drug users than among people who do not use drugs, a critical public health concern is also a concern of criminal justice.