Offering treatment to drug users instead of arresting them reduces crime and addiction – new research into police diversion program shows
- Written by Josephine Korchmaros, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona
People mourn loved ones who have died from drug overdoses before replica tombstones in Binghamton, N.Y., on Aug. 19, 2023.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesWhen police get suspected drug abusers treatment rather than arresting them, those people are less likely to abuse drugs or commit drug-related crimes in the future, new, limited...
