The Thurston County Drug Court Program is a court-supervised, comprehensive treatment program for non-violent, adult felony drug/alcohol and property offenders, whose crimes are related to or caused by drug and/or alcohol addiction.

In 2008 Thurston County also began a DUI Court Program.  This therapeutic Court operates in tandem with the Drug Court Program utilizing space, personnel, curriculum, etc.  The DUI Court was introduced as a result of the success of Thurston County's Drug Court and in response to the statistics indicating that DUI Courts can produce the same kind of results that reduce recidivism and save lives.

The mission of the Drug/DUI Court Programs is to protect public safety; break the "revolving door" cycle of drugs and crime by holding participants accountable and provide integrated treatment services with close supervision and monitoring in order to systematically change behavior.

The primary goal of the programs is to support participants to achieve healthy, positive, and satisfying lifestyles through total abstinence from alcohol and drugs. The program is designed to promote responsibility and accountability through opportunities to change thinking, attitudes, and behavior.

• Reduce the revolving door of crime and drugs by providing treatment to drug-addicted criminal offenders
• Require strict accountability from program participants through frequent in-person court hearings and intensive monitoring
• Abstain from alcohol and drug use
• Reduce emergency room and other medical costs
• Reduce domestic violence
• Reduce property crimes
• Require completion of education
• Require W-2 tax paying employment
• Decrease use of public assistance
• Reduce court, jail, and prison overcrowding and costs