A drug rehabilitation requirement (DRR) provides treatment to an offender who is dependent on drugs or has a propensity to misuse drugs. Treatment can be residential or non-residential, and the offender must participate in court reviews of the order, as directed by the court.
Volume/length range: Duration set by the court, up to the length of the order.
A drug rehabilitation requirement may be imposed on an offender for whom the court is satisfied that the offender is dependent on or has a propensity to misuse drugs (as defined by s.2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971) where the dependency or propensity requires and may be susceptible to treatment.
The court must ensure that necessary arrangements have been or can be made for the proposed treatment, and the offender must express willingness to comply with the treatment.
The court must also ensure that the offender is eligible for the treatment before imposing this requirement.
Once this information is obtained by the Probation Service, the court must specify in the order the treatment director, whether the treatment will be residential, institution-based or practitioner-based, and if it is institution based, the institution or place and intervals at which it is to be provided.
DRRs can be used in combination with other treatment requirements (for example, mental health treatment requirement) for offenders with multiple needs.