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Residents describe life changes after NET device treatment at Scott County jail
Summary
Several people who received NET device treatment through the Scott County jail and partnering treatment centers described reduced cravings, regained housing and employment, and ongoing recovery supports; county staff reported treating 50 people with a roughly 62% self-reported success rate in one-year follow-up.
At a Dec. 23 special meeting, people who received NET device treatment spoke to Scott County Fiscal Court about how the technology and associated recovery services affected their lives.
Judge and Master Rick Hostetler introduced four people who had undergone NET device treatment; each described a different path to recovery. Richie Lopez said he completed the device program after multiple DUI arrests and credited the treatment with removing cravings and helping him assume leadership in his Oxford House. "I went out…
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