To provide a brief summary, Judge Bloch is the presiding judge for START court; an adult drug court for convicted property offenders who have an addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. Participants attend substance abuse treatment, are supervised by an assigned Probation Officer, attend court regularly, and submit to random drug testing.
Specifically, Judge Bloch would like to discuss giving access to patients being successfully treated in START Court, that can only access Vivitrol thru limited Grant Funds, as there is a case to be made for better access to patients