Jail Time for Drug Relapse of Probationer Is Upheld

FILE -- Julie Eldred, who argued that requiring defendants to be drug-free as a condition for probation was cruel and unusual given her severe addiction, in Stow, Mass., May 22, 2018. A Massachusetts court disagreed, but declined to rule on whether addiction is a brain disease that affects a person’s ability to comply with the requirement. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)