Searchfortruth has the basics right, but they vary a little from county to county in Fl.
In Brevard County it's usually a one year program - for the first three months two group meetings with your drug court group a week, if you do ok, after three months, it drops to one a week.
You meet with your probation officer for an hour one on one once a month.
You have to call seven days a week to see if you are to be drug tested that day (here it's $15 a test, and if you come up dirty, you can challenge the test for another $25).
You have to pay for the right to be in the program, but they do have assistance for those who can not afford it.
You can not take anything addictive, including otc meds or drugs prescribed to you, you can not drink any alcohol. You can not frequent any place who's primary business is selling alcohol, nor can you work at one unless you were doing that prior to being in the program.
You have to do at least 50 hours of community service. If you do anything wrong, at any point, they can sanction you, and sanctions can range from writing reports, to losing time you have earned, to going to a work farm, to going to a place called "The Bridge" which is a type of halfway house/jail, to being kicked out of the program.
You have to attend two aa/na meetings a week.
You are subject to home inspections.
Color me dumb, but I just realized if you go to
http://brevarddc.com/ and scroll down to the bottom of the page, there are attachments. One of them is the participant handbook. It tells you everything.
(and no, I am not in the drug court, but know someone who is)
No it's not and not for anyone with any kind of violent offense. It's usually not offered to repeat offenders. The program is so tough that many people choose to just do their time.
The person must hold a full time job (state contacts employers for check ups), there are random drug tests usually twice a week, three AA/NA meetings per week, plus one group meeting with drug court a week. Once a month you go before the judge where your case manager tells him about your compliance over the past month. Most drug court programs last a year, some longer. Also, the defendant is required to pay for each drug test (usually $25 a pop), not having the money is the same as a failed drug test.