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A collection of interesting facts about drug courts around the country Sections of ReconsiDer's evaluation of the proposed Onondaga County drug court. "The sheer irrationality of continuing to expand a policy doomed to failure begs an explanation. A Jihad comes to mind-a holy war that must be fought regardless of the resulting human horrors. Thus, some scholars who can no longer ignore the inevitable failure of past practices now proclaim a new solution, which the government is eagerly embracing. The phrase coerced abstinence is the practice of continuously drug-testing convicted criminals (and eventually, in all probability, many others) through special drug courts, to detect the presence of illegal drugs in their bodies. Judges, traditionally functioning as impartial legal experts during trials to guarantee due process of law, will now become shamans taking on the responsibilities of judging who is falling under evil spells. We will have legions of real-life television "Judge Judys" routinely denouncing and incarcerating people not on the basis of what they did, but because certain chemicals are present in their urine." fmr. police chief Joseph D. McNamara, |
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