What is the Drug Treatment Court (DTC)?
The DTC is a therapeutic court that addresses drug addiction as an underlying cause of criminal activity. A participant in the DTC will enter an intensive treatment program that includes an interdisciplinary team of professionals. Who can participate? Participation in the DTC is open to all adult accused who are drug dependent and whose criminal behaviour is motivated or caused by their addiction. Participants must acknowledge responsibility for their actions by entering a guilty plea and their participation must not pose a risk to public safety. Participants must be Regina residents. Persons will not be eligible to participate in the DTC if they have failed DTC treatment in the past year, or if they are charged with certain types of offences. These include: • offences with serious violence • sexual assaults • family violence cases • offences involving or relating to children/youth • profit-motivated commercial drug trafficking. How does the Drug Treatment Court (DTC) Work? The DTC pro
