North Carolina Treatment Courts: Therapeutic Jurisprudence as a Path Toward Recovery and Restoration.

N C Med J

Chief Justice, North Carolina Judicial Branch.

Published: August 2024

At a time when most of our headlines focus on overdoses and overdose-related deaths, recovery is possible. Treatment courts are providing a path toward recovery and healing.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.18043/001c.123271DOI Listing

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