I'm in trouble with the law. Do you have any advice for me? |
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Drug Rehabilitation Requirement
A Drug Rehabilitation Requirement can be a part of a community sentence or community order. It should provide fast access to a drug treatment programme for you.
You will agree a treatment plan with the probation and treatment services. The plan will set out the level of treatment and testing, and what is required at each stage of the order.
A Drug Rehabilitation Requirement requires motivation and determination from you, but support is provided by probation and treatment staff to complete your programme successfully.
The Drug Rehabilitation Requirement can last between 6 months and 3 years, and it aims to:
- help you produce a personal action plan so that you can identify what you must do to reduce offending and stop your use of drugs;
- explain to you the links between drug use and offending and how drugs can affect your health;
- help you identify realistic ways of changing your life for the better.
Treatment is carried out at a specified place, either as an in-patient or out-patient and includes regular drug testing and court reviews. You may also receive clinical treatment; a day care programme; health education; activities to improve social skills, education and career prospects and participation on an offending behaviour programme.
A Community Order with a Drug Rehabilitation Requirement can be reviewed by the court. Failure to stick to the treatment plan will mean a return to court for breach of the order. This could result in re-sentencing which might mean prison. |
Addaction Warwickshire
Warwickshire enhanced arrest referral provides assessment of needs, support and referral to adult police detainees.
The scheme operates 24-hour cover seven days a week, with workers based in custody units from 8am until 4pm, with evening telephone cover and overnight referral.
Working in Warwickshire's three custody units, the service provides an accessible, confidential scheme for clients seeking support and treatment for drug related problems. Arrest Referral Workers provide advice and information, including harm-minimisation, overdose prevention, safer sex, and other general health education information. Advice is provided about communicable diseases. The service facilitates rapid and appropriate access to other services and refers clients on to further treatment. Workers will provide ongoing support, brief interventions, motivational interviewing and care management until the relevant agency has allocated a key worker and a hand-over has taken place.
Addaction's contact details can be found here. |
Yes, you can still get treatment once you have been arrested.
Warwickshire provides a rapid prescribing service, which treats people who are going through the criminal justice system. You will need to be referred either by Addaction (the Enhanced Arrest Referral Scheme) or Warwickshire Probation. |
Yes, you should be careful.
If you have just come out of prison, or know that you are about to do a spell in prison, please remember that while you are inside, your tolerance levels for drugs will drop. On your release from prison you must not use drugs at the same level you used on your way in, as you are likely to overdose.
Should you go back to using drugs on your release, make sure that you start at low doses and don't use alone. Make sure people are around, just in case something goes wrong. |
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