3000-3009
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 3000-3009
3000. It is the intent of the Legislature that persons addicted to narcotics, or who by reason of repeated use of narcotics are in imminent danger of becoming addicted, shall be treated for such condition and its underlying causes, and that such treatment shall be carried out for nonpunitive purposes not only for the protection of the addict, or person in imminent danger of addiction, against himself, but also for the prevention of contamination of others and the protection of the public. Persons committed to the program provided for in this chapter who are uncooperative with efforts to treat them or are otherwise unresponsive to treatment nevertheless should be kept in the program for purposes of control. It is the further intent of the Legislature that persons committed to this program who show signs of progress after an initial or subsequent periods of treatment and observation be given reasonable opportunities to demonstrate ability to abstain from the use of narcotics under close supervision in outpatient status outside of the rehabilitation center provided for in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 3300) of this division. Determinations of progress of persons committed to the program should be based upon criteria to be established by the Director of Corrections with the advice of clinically trained and experienced personnel. The enactment of the preceding provisions of this section shall not be construed to be evidence that the intent of the Legislature was otherwise before such enactment. 3001. The narcotic detention, treatment and rehabilitation facility referred to herein shall be one within the Department of Corrections whose principal purpose shall be the receiving, control, confinement, employment, education, treatment and rehabilitation of persons under the custody of the Department of Corrections or any agency thereof who are or have been addicted to narcotics or who by reason of repeated use of narcotics are in imminent danger of becoming addicted. 3002. Every person committed pursuant to this chapter or former Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6399) of Title 7 of the Penal Code who escapes or attempts to escape from lawful custody is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison. This section does not apply to unauthorized absence from a halfway house. 3003. The Director of Corrections may enter into agreements with the Director of Mental Health or the Director of Developmental Services pursuant to which persons committed to the custody of either for narcotic addiction or imminent narcotic addiction can be transferred to an institution under the jurisdiction of the other. 3005. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall engage in a program of research in the detention, treatment and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts. 3006. No commitment under Article 2 or 3 of this chapter shall be ordered until such time as the Director of Corrections designates a place or places for the reception of persons committed thereunder and unless space is available therein. 3008. When a court commits a person to the custody of the Director of Corrections pursuant to this chapter, the court shall immediately after making the order of commitment, mail to the Department of Corrections, at the facility to which the person committed is delivered, a copy of such reports as the probation officer may have made relative to such person. 3009. A "narcotic addict," as used in this division refers to any person, adult or minor, who is addicted to the unlawful use of any narcotic as defined in Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code, except marijuana.