One of the ways criminal defense lawyers like Mike G Law of Tampa help addicts involved in a crime where the third party has been seriously injured with the issue reported to the police. A criminal defense lawyer will help to convince judges of an alternative to imprisonment.

A Court Drug Diversion Program is an alternative to imprisonment. The judges being convinced that even though the victim is guilty of the crime charged against him or her, it would be better to subject him to a Court Drug Diversion Program rather than the normal jail.

Successful completion of the program will mean the victim associated with issue will be dismissed and the criminal records will be erased. This will go a long way to cleaning up the criminal records of the person and ensuring his/her personal dignity and reputation is restored. This will also help the victim to become a better person in society.

But it is very important to get professional advice before going through the Drug Court Diversion Programs. Mike G Law, for instance, helps victims to understand their condition and work with them to apply for the appropriate drug diversion program based on their condition as well as the type of crime involved.

Some of the drug diversion programs that cater to people allegedly said to be suffering from mental health and substance abuse entails the following: felony drug pretrial intervention, or the misdemeanor pretrial substance abuse education and treatment intervention programs.

The programs are voluntary and can be taken by first time offenders. Drug Diversion Programs use a non-adversarial approach to help people with drug crime charges. The major ramifications of the programs include the following:

• Frequent court appearances
• Group and individual counseling sessions
• Weekly drug tests by urinalysis
• Inpatient substance abuse treatment programs when necessary/recommended

Advantages of Drug Court Programs

Even though the Drug Court Programs can be very demanding in the treatment of any related drug crime, victims enrolled under the program, are offered a sure way to pay less fees for professional drug treatment while the participants also ends up having their crime records cleaned.

The following are the benefits of the drug crime program on a drug abuse victim:

Long-lasting treatment from drug abuse related issues.

Improvement of ability

• Dismissal of criminal records in completion.

Once you are able to complete the program you will realize your criminal records will be wiped away. Mike G Law helps criminal victims charged with criminal charges to seek alternatives to imprisonment by going for the drug diversion programs. Through professional guidance and advice, the right type of drug adverse programs are selected to help the person with the addiction.