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How effective are juvenile drug courts?

Having recently mentioned a report from the federal Government Accounting Office that called into question whether there's evidence-based support for juvenile drug courts, my interest was piqued when a commenter pointed out the subject is addressed more favorably in Marc Levin's recent report on cost saving juvenile justice programs from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Marc tends to think juvenile drug courts are demonstrating promising results. Here's an excerpt from the portion of the report on the subject:Juvenile Drug CourtsSome 78.4 percent of youths in the justice system are connected to substance abuse, either because of testing positive for drugs, admitting to use, being under the infl uence at the time of the offense, or committing an off ense involving alcohol or drugs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 20, 2010 (boomark / email).