When addressing addiction and substance use disorder, Democrats will, whenever possible, give preference to prevention and treatment over incarceration.
- While crime control had clearly emerged as a political issue during the 1970s, during the 1980s the national political discourse focused increasingly on a perceived need to "get tough" on crime.
- Rates of hospitalization are higher in individuals who have been incarcerated than in the general population.
- One study reported that approximately 1 in 12 individuals is hospitalized for an acute condition within 90 days of release from correctional facilities.
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