Drug Courts

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction to Drug Courts

   • Glade F. Roper

   Pages 1-22

3. The Disease of Addiction

   • S. Alex Stalcup

   Pages 23-33

4. The Biologic Basis of Drug and Alcohol Addiction

   • Olga A. Katz, Nikita B. Katz, Steven Mandel

   Pages 34-50

5. The Sociologic Basis of Drug and Alcohol Addiction

   • Noosha Niv

   Pages 51-72

6. The Physical Consequences of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

   • Hitoshi Nakaishi

   Pages 73-94

7. Drugs and Alcohol in Pregnancy and the Affected Children

   • Ira J. Chasnoff

   Pages 95-111

8. The Social Consequences of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

   • Heather R. Hayes, Julie M. Queler

   Pages 112-126

9. The Pharmacologic Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Addiction

   • Nikita B. Katz, Olga A. Katz, Steven Mandel

   Pages 127-140

10. Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders

    • Edward L. Hendrickson, Bert Pepper

    Pages 141-165

11. Counseling Strategies

    • Kathy R. Lay, Lucy J. King

    Pages 166-182

12. Client Life Skills Training

    • Jerri E. Thompson, Rick A. Thompson, James E. Lessenger

    Pages 183-194

13. Self-Help and Mutual Aid Organizations

    • Anne M. Herron, Dee S. Owens

    Pages 195-205

14. Building Supportive Services in Drug Courts

    • Dennis A. Reilly

    Pages 206-214

15. Drug Testing Methods

    • Karl Auerbach

    Pages 215-233

16. The Drug and Alcohol Testing Process

    • Richard L. McIntire, James E. Lessenger, Glade F. Roper

    Pages 234-246

17. Drug Testing Scams

    • Richard L. McIntire, James E. Lessenger

    Pages 247-254

18. Analysis of Drug Testing Results

    • Olga A. Katz, Nikita B. Katz, Steven Mandel, James E. Lessenger

    Pages 255-262

19. Juvenile Drug Courts

    • Cheryl L. Asmus, Denise E. Colombini

    Pages 263-283

20. Drug Court Organization and Operations

    • Glade F. Roper, James E. Lessenger

    Pages 284-300

I’ve done them all, and I’m not talking about stage, screen, and television. I stopped taking drugs in the 1970s and stopped smoking in the 1980s. I ceased drinking in the 1990s when I needed a liver transplant and my doctors told me they wouldn’t do it if I continued drinking. So, I stopped, got the transplant, and became a friend of Bill W. Stopping was the best thing I ever did, second to marrying Maj. My substance abuse started, like most people’s, in high school through peer pressure. It progressed while I was on the stage and in the Air Force, where alcohol was the drug of choice. The problem continued as I worked in motion pictures where the day ended with drinks. When I ? nally made it big in television, I was drinking a case of champagne a day. I tell myself that I did this because of my insecurities about being at the top, but it also tasted good. Looking back and having read some of the things in this book, I realize that I have the addictive personality and the genetic predisposition to be a substance abuser. All that was necessary was a situation in which I was near drugs and had peer pressure to get me going.

• Counseling
• Court
• Drug
• Encounter
• Family
• Handbook
• Training
• diagnosis
• intervention
• rehabilitation
• statistics

From the reviews:

"This book was penned as a guide to educate those involved about the process and procedures associated in developing and administering an alternative program for the rehabilitation of substance abusers in the legal system. … this book is meant for ‘those who are operating or wishing to create a drug court, physicians who will frequently see people who are drug court clients, judges, prosecutors, treatment providers, defense attorneys, probation officers, case managers and coordinators currently working in a drug court.’" (Steven T. Herron, Doody’s Review Service, April, 2008)

• Solano County, Benicia, USA

  James E. Lessenger

• Superior Court of California, Tulare County, Porterville, USA

  Glade F. Roperd

Dr. James Lessenger has practiced occupational and environmental medicine for more than two decades in California's San Joaquin Valley. In addition to keeping an active clinical practice, Lessenger is a Medical Review Officer on drug testing for the Department of Transportation and a consultant to many corporations and companies on drug testing, workplace drug issues, and industrial injuries. Dr. Lessenger has been a consultant to the Tulare County drug court since its inception in 1996 and was responsible for an exhaustive review of the system in 2001.

Glade F. Roper, JD is the presiding Adult Drug Court judge for rural Tulare County. He started and has maintained the Drug Court since 1996 and has been a jurist in the county since 1989. He created and has taught the Advanced Drug Court Track at the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for the last four years and speaks across the nation about rural drug courts and treatment issues.

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