Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse Crime Prevention Act was passed and rightly so because, first and second time drug offenders should receive the therapeutic treatment they need. After the sentence most of the offenders come out of jail worse than when they went into jail. Drug addicts and alcoholics after receiving proper therapeutic treatment can and do become productive contributing members of society. Many drug addicts that are first and second time offenders are young and …showed first 75 words of 820 total…

…showed last 75 words of 820 total…passing of Proposition 36. The total fiscal savings to the taxpayers could be over 1.5 billion dollars by the end of the time frame designated for this bill. When we look at the problem of drug addiction as the health issue it is; Americans will not only be saving money, we will be saving the lives and families of our neighbors and friends. It could possibly be someone in our own immediate family whose life is saved.