Home / Drug Referenc / News Letters   New Prison Focuses on Rehab Faced with a record 40,000 inmates coming out of prison this year, as well as record rates of recidivism, Illinois has put the new prison - the Sheridan Correctional Center - at the center of a plan, closely watched by other states, to prevent repeat offenders from returning. Grand Jury Slams California's Prop 36 Only about one in four drug offenders sent to treatment rather than prison under California's Proposition 36 actually completes treatment, according to a grand jury report critical of the program. Meth's Comeback a Lethal Dose for Gay Men Once known as "speed" and disparaged as the favored intoxicant of unsavory motorcycle gangs, methamphetamine is making a 21st century comeback — with gay men its most visible victims. Austrailan Web Site Fights Addiction A new website has been launched recounting the personal stories of those who have beaten drug addiction and alcoholism.