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Fact Sheet
Treatment Reduces Crime and Violence & Supports Law Enforcement
- Arrests decreased one year after treatment in the following States (compare
these figures with the national average rate of recidivism/repeat arrests without
treatment at 47 percent(22):
- Ohio arrests dropped by 90 percent
- Texas
arrests dropped by 80 percent
- California arrests dropped by 60
percent
- Iowa arrests dropped by 50 percent
- Oregon found that persons who completed treatment reduced their involvement
with child protective services by 50 percent, while those who did not complete
treatment reduced their involvement by 22 percent (23).
- Treatment is an effective partner in court programs. Preliminary results
from the CSAT-finded D.C. Drug Court program show that drug use dropped
from 100 percent to 40 percent during treatment,
compared with a reduction from 100 percent to 70 percent for
those not receiving treatment(24).
- Treatment can effectively support law enforcement efforts. A Rand study
found that treatment is 23 times more effective in reducing cocaine consumption than source
country control through interdiction methods, and 7.3 times more effective than
domestic law enforcement methods (25).
Treatment Reduces Welfare Costs
- Employment increased by 44 percent during treatment, and stabilized at an
increase of 94 percent after one year of treatment (26).
- $6,000 is saved for each woman who leaves welfare and becomes employed(27).
A CSAT-funded evaluation showed that one year after treatment, 40 percent of the
women eliminated or reduced their dependence on welfare(28).
- Oregon found that annual earnings for those who completed treatment ranged
from 49 percent higher for those who completed outpatient treatment to 136 percent
higher among those who completed methadone treatment(29).
Federal-State Partnerships Support Effective Treatment30
- SAPT block grant funds contribute 44 percent of funds expended national
for substance abuse prevention and treatment.
- SAPT block grant funds account for 12-87 percent of a State's substance
abuse expenditures, and in 16 States represented the majority of substance abuse
funds in that State(31).
- SAPT block grant funds supported publicly funded treatment serving 3.8
million persons.
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