What are the effects of not treating alcohol-drug abuse on the Racine community?
• Destruction of family relations (both parental and spousal) • Increase social service costs with the need to provide assistance to families of addicted persons • Increase health care costs • Increase in unemployment and job instability • Reduced tax revenue collected because of an addicted person’s inability to maintain steady employment • Cost for repeated incarceration of addicted persons who repeatedly commit crimes • An overall increase in crime rate Does treatment help to correct the problem of addiction? Treatment allows the addicted person an opportunity to face their problem and take corrective measures under the guidance of professionals. Studies have shown a direct correlation between the time spent in a treatment program and the success of the program. Beyond a 90-day threshold, treatment outcomes improved in direct relation to the length of time spent in treatment, with one year generally found to be the minimum effective duration of treatment. • Key findings of a Nationa
