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Proposition 36: Improving Lives, Delivering Results: A Review of the First Four Years of California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000
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Proposition 36: Improving Lives, Delivering Results: A Review of the First Four Years of California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The impact of Proposition 36, which "propose[s] treating drug abuse primarily as a public health issue rather than as a criminal justice concern," is evaluated (p. 1). Sections following an executive summary are: introduction -- treatment works, recovery happens, Proposition 36 helps make it possible; making history -- the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act; benefits of Proposition 36 -- from punishment to public health; Prop. 36 has delivered on the voters' mandate; lives back on track -- Proposition 36 graduates; comparing Proposition 36 to similar programs; making a good thing better; and conclusion.