To: beebuster2000
Drug offenders steered into treatment programs instead of jail under provisions set by Proposition 36 in 2000 were more likely to be rearrested for drug-related crimes than defendants who went through non-Prop. 36 treatments, according to a study released today. Gee whiz...that took me about 1.2 seconds and a sip of $0.99 coffee to figure out. Just think of all the money I could have saved the government!
5 posted on
11/26/2004 7:45:01 AM PST by
BureaucratusMaximus
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" - Hillary Clinton)
To: BureaucratusMaximus
We can't predict who will re-offend. If we really knew, we would know who NOT to divert into treatment programs.
6 posted on
11/26/2004 7:46:49 AM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: BureaucratusMaximus
Your 99cent coffee contains an addictive drug. Your's happens to be legal.
Prison is NOT the solution to drug addiction. Treatment is. Neither are perfect solutions. Do you really think that putting non-violent drug offenders in prison is going to help them?
I smoke pot, should I go to prison? Am I that much of a threat to society when I smoke pot in my home? No more than you drinking a beer, or sipping your coffee.
20 posted on
11/26/2004 8:47:11 AM PST by
pnome
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