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"Arizona Stops Jailing Drug Users" appeared in the June 28, 1999 edition of The New Republic and the July 26, 1999 edition of National Review. The ad focuses on an Arizona Supreme Court study of the Arizona Drug Medicalization, Prevention and Control Act of 1996. This act mandated treatment instead of jail time for non-violent drug use offenses. Available in printer-ready Portable Document Format (PDF).
Some were skeptical when
Arizona voted to stop
incarceration of drug users.
Here's what the experts are now saying:
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President Clinton, Senator Lott, Representative Hastert:
Isn't now the time to stop incarcerating non-violent drug
offenders and start treating them?
For "Drug War Facts" and "The Effective National Drug Control Strategy"
visit http://www.csdp.org
Common Sense for Drug Policy Kevin B. Zeese, President, 703-354-5694, 703-354-5695 (fax), info@csdp.org