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Criminal

Jun. 21, 2006

Maneuver Adds Jail to Drug Treatment Program

SACRAMENTO - Advocates of the Proposition 36 drug-treatment program accused a lawmaker Monday of trying to sneak into the budget a stalled measure to allow judges to jail defendants who test positive for drugs.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer


      SACRAMENTO - Advocates of the Proposition 36 drug-treatment program accused a lawmaker Monday of trying to sneak into the budget a stalled measure to allow judges to jail defendants who test positive for drugs.
      In a full-page ad in Monday's Sacramento Bee, the Drug Policy Alliance urged Sacramento legislators to reject the...

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