Substance use treatment services utilization and outcomes among probationers in drug courts compared to a matched cohort of probationers in traditional courts.

This was the first study to assess substance use treatment services utilization and outcomes among probationers in drug courts and traditional courts. Drug courts served the needs of probationers disproportionally impacted by nonserious drug-related offenses struggling with substance use disorders who were at a high and very high risk of recidivism at court intake.