Court Watch: Judge Orders Narcotics Anonymous Attendance without Mentioning Secular Alternative
A Yolo County Superior Court judge ordered an accused individual, facing felony child endangerment and drug charges, to attend Narcotics Anonymous twice weekly as a condition of pretrial release. The directive has raised constitutional questions regarding its compliance with federal court precedent, particularly Ninth Circuit rulings, which stipulate that religiously-based recovery programs must offer secular alternatives when mandated by the court.
