Edmonton Drug Treatment & Community Restoration Court

As noted by the Department of Justice Canada in its web site on DTCs: “Drug Treatment Court staff work with community partners to address participants’ other needs, such as safe housing, stable employment and job training. Once a participant gains this social stability and can demonstrate control over the addiction, criminal charges are either stayed (meaning a judgement is suspended or postponed) or the offender receives a non-custodial sentence (meaning restrictions other than jail, including house arrest).” Source: http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/news/nr/2005/doc_31552.html (from: Backgrounder: Expanding Drug Treatment Courts in Canada, Department of Justice, June 2005).

 

Justice Canada, an important Partner of the Edmonton DTC Program, at its web page devoted to DTCs, provides the following links of interest:

 

To learn more about Drug Treatment Courts, visit:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/pb/prog/dtc/

 

To learn more about Canada’s Drug Strategy, visit:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/activit/strateg/drugs-drogues/index_e.html

 

For more information on the DOJ DTC program please go to: http://www.doj.ca/en/ps/pb/prog/dtc/guide/index.html

 

What the Department of Justice Canada stated above is definitely the case with the Edmonton program. Our community partners to the success of the program and the achievements of our participants as they change their lives for the better.

 

Please use the following links to learn about some of our important community partners. If you represent an agency or program that could participate as a partner to this program, please contact the Executive Director.