"Everyone knows that drink and drugs drive crime, and that it is cruel and inhumane to imprison people who are mentally ill or suffer from profound learning disabilities, so why are ministers still hell bent on pouring public money into prison building when they should be investing in treatment for addicts and effective health and social care instead?

Unfortunately, many drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Los Angeles fail to devote proper resources to their intervention services—or even fail to offer those services at all. This is an enormous mistake. The fact of the matter is that the right drug and alcohol intervention specialist can make all the difference in the world. All that remains, now, is for you to learn that truth for yourself