https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/10/santa-clara-county-outlines-new-meth-sobering-center-plan/

SAN JOSE — Acknowledging that police arrests and citations have been ineffective against a rise in people walking the streets high on methamphetamine, Santa Clara County officials formally announced a pilot program that would refashion their current sobering center for alcoholism clients to also accommodate those suffering from meth addiction.

“In our system, the criminal justice system, methamphetamine basically drives the system,” said Judge Stephen Manley, a pioneer in the creation of specialty courts for crimes influenced by drug addiction and mental illness. “Simply incarcerating people does not change their use of drugs. What we have learned is we need to find new ways to convince people to change their lives and to become sober.”