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“ E V E N I N T H E AG I N G H E R O I N -A D D I C T P O P U L AT I O N ,
T HE R E AR E MANY W H O AR E HE AVILY
INVO LVE D IN C R IME AND R E T U R N F R E Q U E N T LY
TO T HE C R IMINAL J U S T I C E S YS T E M .
T HE IR C O N T IN U E D INVO LVE ME N T IN S T R E E T MAR K E T S
I M P O S E S A L A R G E B U R D E N O N T H E 1
C O MM U NI T Y IN T HE FO R M O F C IVIL DI S O R D E R
T HAT HE L PS K E E P INVE S T ME N T AND J O B S OU T.
IF HE R O IN MAIN T E NAN C E C OU L D R E M OVE 10 P E R C E N T O F
B ALT IM O R E ’ S M O S T T R OU B L E D HE R O IN AD DI C T S
F R O M T H E S T R E E T S ,
T H E R E S U LT C O U L D B E S U B S TA N T I A L R E D U C T I O N S
IN C R IME AND VAR I OU S OT HE R P R O B L E M S T HAT G E NE R AL LY
TR O U B LE TH E C IT Y.
T H AT I S E N O U G H TO M A K E A D E B AT E O N T H E M AT T E R
WO R TH W H I LE .”
PROFESSOR PETER REUTER, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND
DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, 2009

1 . RE V IE WIN G TH E
E FFEC TI VE NE SS O F

D RUG TRE ATM E NT
PRO G R A M S IN

V I C TO RIA WITH
RECO MME NDATI O N S

O N H OW TRE ATM E NT

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