Inside the secret court that helps victims of drug abuse keep their families together
Saturday, 16 May 2015
It is a Monday morning in an anonymous room in a grey building in central London. But Jenny Smith is smiling broadly as she poses for photographs with a graduation certificate in her hand. She looks like a million dollars and she has come a very long way. Sixteen months ago she was addicted to
- Published in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts, England
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Family Drug and Alcohol Courts to be extended in England
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
London has had a Family Drug and Alcohol Court for seven years, and courts have opened more recently in Gloucestershire and Milton Keynes. More will now open in areas including East Sussex, Kent and Medway, Plymouth, Torbay and Exeter, and West Yorkshire. Funding for the expansion comes from the Department for Education. Most families that come into
- Published in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts, England