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New Jersey’s official name for its drug court programs \u2013 which are located in all 21 counties from Sussex to Cape May \u2013 is “Recovery Court.” The program allows those convicted of low-level, non-violent drug-related crimes to enter long-term drug treatment and agree to court supervision rather than a jail sentence.<\/p>\n
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Mark Sandson was responsible for renaming drug court Recovery Court. “What we do is recovery. We don’t do drugs,” he explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hard Rock employed 3,698 people in Atlantic City last month, second only to Borgata’s 5,598 labor force. Nine casinos strong, operators in the past have expressed difficulty in finding adequate talent in the New Jersey gaming mecca.<\/p>\n
Atlantic City has been hit especially hard with the opioid epidemic, resulting in roughly 800 Atlantic and Cape May county citizens finding their way to Recovery Court.<\/p>\n
“If you’re sober and living a sober life, why wouldn’t we hire you?” asked Jingoli last year.<\/p>\n
Concerns Remain<\/b><\/h2>\n
There are, however, critics to allowing drug court graduates to work in an industry where alcohol pours 24\/7 and money is gambled around the clock.<\/p>\n
“While I applaud the desire to reduce the stigma associated with drug offenses, I think working in a casino would be a high-risk environment for anyone in recovery, whether or not they have a criminal history, and I wouldn’t recommend it,” said Lia Nower, director of Rutgers University School of Social Work\u2019s Center for Gambling Studies, speaking to Casino.org <\/i>earlier this month.<\/p>\n
“From a recovery perspective, we all know that individuals in recovery should avoid people, places and things that could serve as relapse triggers,” she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Jersey drug court graduates are a major step closer to entering the candidate pool for Atlantic City casino job openings. Assembly Bill 5817 \u2013 introduced by Democratic Assemblymen Vincent Mazzeo and John Armato, both representing Atlantic County \u2013 passed the full lower chamber Monday by a vote of 63-8-1. The legislation seeks to amend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":120912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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