President Barack Obama says he wants to treat the nation's drug problem
as a public health issue as well as a law enforcement one. So he has
said nonviolent drug offenders should be given a chance at
rehabilitation over jail.Along those lines, the administration has supported drug courts, which allow low-level drug offenders to have their charges dropped if they successfully complete a court-monitored treatment program. We rated Obama's promise to enhance drug courts as a Compromise, because while federal funding has increased and the number of drug courts has grown by about 400 during his term to more than 2,700, the system has not expanded into the federal courts system as Obama pledged.
"These courts are a perfect example of how we're working to shift our emphasis to treat the nation's drug problem as a public health issue, not just a criminal justice issue,” Rafael Lemaitre, spokesman for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said in an email. "(The National Association of Drug Court Professionals) estimates that we send roughly 120,000 people into treatment instead of prison each year – and that number will continue to rise as more courts open.”read more here
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