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‘A Criminal Justice Approach to a Public Health Problem’: How the Justice System Can Improve SUD Support

By | August 4, 2023 |

In the 1980s, Haner Hernández only requested to attend a drug treatment program in order to get out of prison. Back then, he was only approved to be released from prison and go into treatment because the prison was overcrowded.

For him, the treatment program changed the trajectory of his life. It was located in Boston and was geared specifically toward Latino males.

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