Justice and Diversion

Persistent use of alcohol, cannabis, nicotine, opioids and stimulants increase risk of substance use disorders (SUDs). SUDs are increasingly viewed as biopsychosocial disorders with multiple risk factors interacting at individual and...

According to a new study,unlicensed marijuana dispensaries in California are opening in black and Latino neighborhoods at a disproportionately high rate, following a similar pattern taken by alcohol and tobacco retailers. Researchers say...

Discussions on the decriminalization of drug possession for personal consumption are increasing, including an extraordinary appeal still pending judgment in the Supreme Court on this subject (RExt. 635.659). However, it is frightening to...

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Abstract Globally, incarceration is understood to impoverish the wellbeing of prisoners, but evidence for its impact on cognitive performance is less popular. As most evidence on the criminal justice system has come from advanced western...

Global drug consumption increases, while COVID-19 impacts markets, according to the World Drug Report 2020, released on June 25, 2020 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Report shows that around 269 million people...

Todd Molefenter, PhD University of Wisconsin discusses his current research on improving implementation of SUD treatment in the criminal justice system.