Veteran with PTSD denied drug rehab treatment
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.9999990463257px; line-height: 13.7999992370605px;">An Army vet is denied access to a Hawaii-based drug rehab program because he is currently behind bars.</span>
December 9, 2014Updated: December 9, 2014
By KUAM News
By KUAM News by Krystal Paco
Guam - An Army vet is denied access to a Hawaii-based drug rehab program because he is currently behind bars.
At the District Court today Attorney Howard Trapp says his client Jayson Song is a drug addict because of post traumatic stress from his time on the battlefield.
Song was convicted on fraud charges. While on supervised release, he refused to take a drug test landing him back in jail.
While probation recommends song be imprisoned for 11 months for violating conditions, Trapp recommends the minimum sentence and home detention instead, which would keep song eligible for the off-island rehab.
Today, Dr. Edward Santos from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs confirms PTSD may lead to drug addiction and that in the past, Song was successful with home confinement combined with daily checkins with a veteran's advocate.
The issue was taken under advisement.
Guam - An Army vet is denied access to a Hawaii-based drug rehab program because he is currently behind bars.
At the District Court today Attorney Howard Trapp says his client Jayson Song is a drug addict because of post traumatic stress from his time on the battlefield.
Song was convicted on fraud charges. While on supervised release, he refused to take a drug test landing him back in jail.
While probation recommends song be imprisoned for 11 months for violating conditions, Trapp recommends the minimum sentence and home detention instead, which would keep song eligible for the off-island rehab.
Today, Dr. Edward Santos from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs confirms PTSD may lead to drug addiction and that in the past, Song was successful with home confinement combined with daily checkins with a veteran's advocate.
The issue was taken under advisement.