Sanction Treatment Opportunity Progress (STOP) Drug Diversion Program (Multnomah, OR)
A drug court program that focuses on providing treatment services for first offenders. ages 18+, facing first-offense drug charges. Designed to reduce the increasing backlog of cases involving drug offenses in Oregon’s Multnomah County. Participants who decide to participate in the STOP Program attend another orientation session at InAct, a private, not-for-profit agency that provides all outpatient treatment services to program participants (referrals to inpatient and methadone maintenance clinics are made to other service providers when necessary). Participants meet with admission counselors to create a treatment schedule, where they are assigned to a group for group counseling and to a counselor for individual therapy sessions. Admission counselors also schedule appointments for acupuncture treatments, an intake assessment with the participant’s counselor, and a physical examination with a naturopathic doctor. After 2 weeks, participants appear in the drug court to officially declare if they wish to continue treatment or if they decline participation.
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