The purpose of this article is to introduce an evaluation instrument used to determine the effectiveness of the North Carolina Drug Education School (DES). The institutional objective of the DES is to provide a conditional discharge and an expunction of records for first offenders of the North Carolina Controlled Substance Act and Regulations.
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