In this episode of On the Docket with the National Drug Court Resource Center, we hear from a treatment court in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on their initiative to produce greater racial and ethnic equality in their court and community.
In this episode of On the Docket with the National Drug Court Resource Center, we learn about the Racial and Ethnic disparities (RED) Program Assessment Tool developed by the Justice Program Office at American University to capture information about treatment courts’ operations and procedures, with an emphasis on examining areas where racial and ethnic disparities may exist.
In this episode of On the Docket with the National Drug Court Resource Center, we take a look at the current state in the US justice system and the magnitude of the problem when it comes to racial and ethnic disparities and the root causes behind it. We explore Racial and Ethnic Disparities (RED) in Treatment Courts and emerging solutions to identify and mitigate disparities.
In this episode of On the Docket with the National Drug Court Resource Center, our host, Anna Koozmin, returns to Cascade County in Great Falls, Montana to learn more about drug treatment for drug court participants. She explains what Medication-Assisted Treatment (or MAT) is - and how certain medications, such as buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone, are used to treat opioid use disorders and prevent opioid overdoses.
In this episode of On the Docket with the National Drug Court Resource Center, our host, Anna Koozmin, returns to Great Falls, Montana to meet with Jeff Fauque, a former Cascade County law enforcement officer and current counselor for the Cascade County drug court, who nearly lost everything due to his opioid addiction. As a former law enforcement officer who struggled with addiction, recovered and became a treatment counselor, Jeff offers our listeners a unique perspective on the opioid crisis.