area, here to explain are melissa fitzgerald and robert williams.welcome both of you. >> thank you, we are very happy to be here. >> more than excited. >> tell us what happens in drug court? >> this week is national association of drug court professionals national conference here in d.c., the largest conference of its kind in the world. over 5,000 professionals, including judges, treatment court providers, mental health professional, are here to get hundreds of hours of training and assistance to promote and to implement these veterans treatment courts, drug courts, dui courts, all across the country. what treatment courts are, are alternatives to incarceration for people who enter the criminal justice system with substance use disorders, mental health connells, trauma. they need to rigorous programs with strict accountability, and huge success rates. 75% of drug court graduates never seen another pair of handcuffs again. >> wow. >> they save livers, save taxpayer dollars and reduce crimes. >> robert, you are a graduate. >> absolutely, proud of t it