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Drug Court Standards and On-Site Testing: the Value of Automation
Key component #5 and how it influences drug court Objective nature of testing
The importance of immediate results Immediate results and sanctions
Fast and Effective: how automation ties the drug court functions together more effectively
As a result of this session you will be able to understand:
Drug Screening Random, regular screen ing for multiple drugs Manage data and client history Complete drug screening track results
Support Key area o f support; rehab or counseling p r o g r a m s , w o r k a n d e d u c a t i o n c o m p l e t i o n programs
Particpant
Judge
Support
Drug Screening
Intake
Judge/ Team Decision maker Review cl ient p r o g r a m e f f e c t i v e n e s s a n d c l i e n t p r o g r e s s Support funding for program
In-take A r r e s t , p r o c e s s i n g , holding Recidivism rate C o l l e c t i o n process
“Drug tests not only assist program staff in monitoring program compliance, but also communicate to clients that they are being watched.”
Madce Vol 4
Objective
What % of defendants
lie about use at program
entery?
Question
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Self report no use
Negative test
Positive test
905 639 266
30%
Drug testing
“That the drug court monitor abstinence through frequent alcohol and drug testing; “
Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards Volume Ii
Key component #5
“The more frequently drug courts..….perform urine drug testing, the better their outcome.…”
Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards Volume Ii
Key component #5
Why urine?
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Urine ➡ specimen of choice➡ readily available ➡ large quantities ➡ contains high drug
concentrations ➡ good analytical
specimen➡ provides recent and
past usage
Madce Executive SummaryThermo Scientific Indiko™ Plus Clinical And
Specialty Chemistry System
Benchmark
“With its long-standing history, urine is accepted as the gold standard for drug testing.”
The Drug Court Judicial BenchbookThermo Scientific Indiko™ Plus Clinical And
Specialty Chemistry System
Benchmark
Who is primarily responsible for testing at your court?
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Who?
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52.5% of drug court staff conduct drug tests.
43.5% rely on their treatment partners to conduct drug tests
4% use a local drug laboratory
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Who?
Thermo Scientific Indiko™ Clinical And Specialty Chemistry System
Low cost test
On average, drug court participants received roughly $455 in drug tests
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Cost of testingdrug courts non drug courts
-38% +61%
Drug Court Review Volume Viii, Issue 1Best Practices In Drug Courts
2X
31 vs. 4 29% vs. 46 %
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More is even better
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Madce Vol 4
Crimes6 months: 16 crimes less
18 months: 6 crimes less
low medium high
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Madce Vol 4
Drug use
6 months: 5 days less use
18 months: 4 day less use
6 months 18 months
What % of graduates use while in the program?
Madce Vol 4
Question?
50%
“The New York State Adult Drug Court Evaluation Center for Court Innovation 2003
Question?
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Madce Vol 4
“The severity of sanctions did not appear to reduce the number of crimes… the number of crimes and days of drug use…..were higher than for clients who did not
receive jail time sanctions..”
Don’t overreact
What should
you do?
60-70%
Ten Priceless Pearls For Successful Drug Testing.Pdf
Get it right
95 -98%
Https://Www.Thermofisher.Com/Us/En/Home/Clinical/Diagnostic-Testing/Clinical-Chemistry-Drug-Toxicology-Testing/Drugs-Abuse-Testing.Html
Get it right
Thermo Scientific Indiko™ Clinical And Specialty
Chemistry System
“Instant detection of drug use is essential to the goal of delivering swift
sanctions in response to violations.”
Managing Drug-Involved Offenders 2014
React
48 hours
Top 10 Drug Court Best Practices And More
-73%
48 hours
Top 10 Drug Court Best Practices And More
+68%
“On-site testing combined with data management and reporting eliminates manual, subjective testing methods to improve workflow and efficiency. Instant uploads of test results save time and prevent costly transcription errors.”
“Recovery starts witha drug test.” All Rise Spring 2012
Fast
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➡Results automatically flagged for abnormal values, repeats, out-of-limit values
➡Reports that are available electronically and as printouts
➡Secure and traceable data handling with different levels of access
“Recovery starts witha drug test.” All Rise Spring 2012
Fast
Thermo Scientific Indiko™ Clinical and Specialty Chemistry System
Flexible and easy to use:➡ Multiple tests can be
analyzed from each sample.
➡ Different sample types can be analyzed at the same time.
“Recovery starts witha drug test.” All Rise Spring 2012
Fast
Thermo Scientific Indiko™ Clinical and Specialty Chemistry System
Intuitive user interface allows ease of use:➡ True walk away
capability.➡ Sophisticated dilution
management. ➡ Fluent and quick daily
start up and maintenance procedures.
“Recovery starts witha drug test.” All Rise Spring 2012
Fast
Thermo Scientific Indiko™ Clinical and Specialty Chemistry System
➡ Cost-effective, contamination free analysis
➡ Enables low reagent usage and low cost per test.
➡ Disposable cuvettes allow user-safe and contamination free analysis.
“Recovery starts witha drug test.” All Rise Spring 2012
Fast
Thermo Scientific Indiko™ Clinical and Specialty Chemistry System
Real time QC program assures reliable performance.
“Recovery starts witha drug test.” All Rise Spring 2012
Fast
Thermo Scientific Indiko™ Clinical and Specialty Chemistry System
Fast
“..bringing a participant in to the next available court hearing if they are not already scheduled for it, or administering the sanction before the next court hearing.”
Drug Court Review Volume Viii, Issue 1Special Issue
Best Practices In Drug Courts
Act
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And Specialty Chemistry System
“If teams wait too long (two weeks or more) before applying a sanction, the
participants…may even have worked to improve their
behavior.… in which case they are receiving a sanction… as they are doing well, providing them with a message that is
unclear and may even be defeating.”
Drug Court Review Volume Viii, Issue 1Special Issue
Best Practices In Drug Courts
Act
“(A)n external laboratory to analyze urine samples and
report detected levels….can lead to significant reporting
delays (a week between specimen collection and
confirmed lab results is not uncommon).”
Managing Drug-Involved Offenders 2014
Don't delay
“…..outcomes do not improve.”
Drug Court Review Volume Viii, Issue 1Special Issue
Best Practices In Drug Courts
Act
+100%
Drug Court Review Volume Viii, Issue 1Best Practices In Drug Courts
Act
-32%
Drug Court Review Volume Viii, Issue 1Best Practices In Drug Courts
Act
Detection Prevention
change behaviors sanctions rewards fairness
Why
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Reward Sanction
Positive Negative
Reinforcement Punishment
4X
+164%
<90 days 90 days >90 days
Drug Court Best Practices: Putting Them into Practice
NPC Research
Success
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