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Why drug court has rules?

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Ashleyflynn923

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Drug court is a type of judicial docket system that deals with non violent substance abusers. They have rules because the offenders who attend drug court, must follow them in order to get clean and sober, as well as prevent themselves from going to jail.

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