More drug addicts who have committed non-violent crimes will now have the opportunity to get treatment for the drug addiction instead of going to jail, according to a Supreme Court ruling. Previously, only first offenders had that option, now those with prior convictions will be able to enter New Jersey drug rehab programs.

About 40,000 people are arrested for possession and the use of narcotics every year in  New Jersey, but there are many more crimes committed that are drug-related: More than 30 percent of prisoners are there for drug related offenses.

Prison time without drug treatment that addresses the problems that got the person on drugs in the first place. And the drugs are often the reason the person got into criminal activity. Stealing to get drugs, and so on. Getting into a successful drug rehab program in New Jersey will kill two birds with one stone – while getting them off drugs, it will also remove the reason they’re breaking the law.

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