PRINTER'S NO. 1194
No. 84 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY FUMO, JUNE 9, 1999
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 9, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of June 7 through 13, 1999, as "Drug
2 Treatment Court Week."
3 WHEREAS, Drug treatment courts provide the focus and
4 leadership for community-wide anti-drug systems, bringing
5 together criminal justice, treatment, education and other
6 community partners in the fight against drug abuse and
7 criminality; and
8 WHEREAS, Drug treatment court programs combine intensive
9 judicial supervision, mandatory substance abuse treatment and
10 drug testing with escalating sanctions and incentives in order
11 to break the cycle of drug addiction and concomitant crime; and
12 WHEREAS, The judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys,
13 treatment professionals, law enforcement and corrections
14 personnel, researchers and educators, national and community
15 leaders and other dedicated persons have had a profound impact
16 through hard work and commitment to their communities; and
17 WHEREAS, The drug treatment court movement has grown from 12
1 courts in 1994 to over 600 courts in operation or in the
2 planning stages; and
3 WHEREAS, It is important to support the monumental
4 accomplishments of the Philadelphia Treatment Court, the first
5 drug treatment court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which
6 was established in 1997, and which, to date, has accepted
7 approximately 255 participants and credits 46 individuals with
8 successfully completing the intensive program; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 declare "Drug Treatment Court Week" during the week of June 7
11 through 13, 1999, recognizing the practitioners and participants
12 who make drug treatment courts work and the significant
13 contributions that drug treatment courts have made, and continue
14 to make, in reducing drug usage and crime.
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