With extension granted, McHenry Co. officials taking time on drug court

The state legislature last year passed an amendment to the Drug Court Treatment Act that made the courts a requirement, and not just an option, for all of the state's 22 judicial circuits by Jan. 1. But the legislation included a clause allowing a judge to give a circuit a reprieve of up to two years if it can show it lacks resources and is undergoing financial hardship.

"Typically, drug addicts have the highest rate of recidivism of anyone in the criminal justice system, about 70 percent," he said. "If we can drive that down to 30 percent, that's a huge impact."

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