Pubdate: Thu, 25 Mar 2010
Source: Boulder Weekly (CO)
Copyright: 2010 Boulder Weekly
Contact:  http://www.boulderweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57

COLO. LAWMAKERS SCALE BACK ON DRUG WAR

It wasn't an admission that the war on drugs is a failure, but it was 
still significant. On Tuesday, March 23, the House Judiciary 
Committee voted in favor of House Bill 1352, which would reduce 
sentences for drug use, possession and marijuanarelated crimes. The 
bill is designed to save the state about $50 billion on incarceration 
costs and to shift the emphasis from imprisonment to drugtreatment 
programs, which have proven to be more effective at helping people 
with drug addiction than a stint in prison.

Hey, it's about bloody time. If we want to help drug addicts rather 
than simply punish them, prison isn't the answer.

Treatment is.
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