Criminal
Nov. 8, 2000
The Road Less Traveled
Proposition 36 seeks to foster drug rehabilitation by copying the treatment parts of existing programs but leaving out the teeth. Proposition 36 backers allege that the initiative will prevent first-time drug offenders from going to state prison, which will lower the prison population and save money. That is absolutely untrue. Not only do they not go to state prison; they rarely go to county jail.
Proposition 36 seeks to foster drug rehabilitation by copying the treatment parts of existing programs but leaving out the teeth. Proposition 36 backers allege that the initiative will prevent first-time drug offenders from going to state prison, which will lower the prison population and sa...
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