7-13-1603. Purposes and goals.
(a) The legislature recognizes the critical need in this state for treatment programs to break the cycle of substance abuse and the crimes committed as a result thereof. Court supervised treatment programs shall be facilitated for the purpose of providing sentencing options for the judicial system in cases stemming from substance abuse, by combining judicial supervision, probation, substance abuse assessment, substance abuse testing, monitoring, treatment, and aftercare for substance offenders.
(b) The goals of the programs funded under this act shall be:
(i) To reduce recidivism by participants;
(ii) To strive for program retention and graduation of participants;
(iii) To strive for sobriety of participants; and
(iv) To monitor the services provided to participants.