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Criminal

Aug. 23, 2006

Efforts to Jail Prop. 36 Drug Defendants Reaches Alameda Judge

SAN FRANCISCO - Do drug addicts suffer from a chronic disease that should be treated, or are they exhibiting anti-social behavior that needs to be punished?

By Tim Hay
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - Do drug addicts suffer from a chronic disease that should be treated, or are they exhibiting anti-social behavior that needs to be punished?
      This question is at the heart of looming court battle over Proposition 36, a voter-approved measure giving nonviolent, first- or second-time drug offenders the option to go to recov...

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