Mahalo to everyone who supported the fundraiser and silent auction on Aug. 26!

Friends of the Maui Drug Court raised $855 at Flatbread Company in Pa`ia on Aug. 26!

Generous donors included Konrad's Ship Galley, Kapalua Resort, Dr. & Mrs. Larry Schlesinger, Jo Anne Johnson, and, in memory of Kyle Pestana, ABBA Machinery.

Mahalo!

"By Successfully Completing The Drug Rehab Program, Offenders Can Avoid Incarceration"

From Nikki Espinal's blog regarding Texas drug courts yesterday:

Harris County' s Success Through Addiction Recovery( STAR) adult drug court program addresses" high needs" individuals, so - called because of their extensive substance abuse and criminal histories - people who live vicariously and are especially prone to relapse.

By successfully completing the drug rehab program, offenders can avoid incarceration. - according to the foundation' s web site, drug courts in dallas saved$ 43 for every$ 1 spent. Drug courts across the country, more than 2000 of them now with hundreds more planned, result in tremendous savings to taxpayers by reducing the costs of recidivism and more crime, the judicial system, health care, child support and other areas.

"Drug court offers users a second chance"

From today's Rapid City (S.D.) Journal on the new Meade County Drug Court:

The participants in the program are varied, but all have one thing in
common: substance abuse. One is coming off a 4.0 grade-point-average semester at a local university just a year after living in her car. Another has been a sober and productive member of society for the past two years since staring at 12 years of hard time.

Participants are sent to drug court on the recommendation of the state’s attorney and by the discretion of the judge.

Candidates must be considered drug addicts and cannot be admitted into drug court if they have violent crimes in their past.

Once in the program, their lives are intensively scrutinized, strictly
monitored and highly directed. If participants progress, they can earn rewards, which may include reduced scrutiny, more individual choices and, ultimately, graduation from the program, as one individual did Friday.