If you measure it by graduation--and you ought not to--the graduation rate in the evaluation report for the first five years of the Toronto Drug Treatment Court was a little over 15%. I'm told by treatment people that's about the same as or maybe even a little better than the success rate of people in standard, non-coercive, more voluntary cocaine treatment programs. Considering the fact--as Mr. Coleman pointed out--that we're dealing with a population that is much more marginalized and criminally involved than might be found in a typical cocaine treatment program, it seems we're doing extremely well.
On October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.