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AP Exclusive: Drug use up in prisons with intensive programs
By metronews.ca- Don Thompson
Published: 06/30/2016

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Drug use behind bars appears to have increased since California started using drug-sniffing dogs and machinery to try to stop smuggling at state prisons, where overdose deaths are nearly five times the national rate, records show.

It's unclear exactly why things haven't gone as officials projected.

Some say the testing can yield artificially high results. Others say it's too soon to draw any long-term conclusions. Still more say the program simply is not working. Prison officials won't divulge details on results of the multimillion-dollar program.

After the AP reported a year ago that the department couldn't demonstrate the program's effectiveness, officials said they would look for a decline in positive drug tests, overdose deaths, suicides and violent incidents, and increased participation in rehabilitation programs.

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