In addition, drug tests need to be used
in conjunction with a clearly established system of incentives.
Offenders who are maintaining a drug-free lifestyle should be
rewarded, possibly by requiring them to submit fewer drug tests
and by reducing their level of supervision. Those offenders
who continuously test positive for any drugs must be penalized
to help teach them that the legal system will not permit their
destructive behavior to continue.
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Drug testing is a convenient
and easy way to identify where an offender is in the stages
of change.
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