Prop 36 is supposed to force drug offenders into treatment. That’s yet to happen in these Bay Area counties
Supporters of Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure California voters overwhelmingly approved in November, pitched it as an urgent solution to compel people struggling with addiction off the street and into treatment.
Yet, in the four months since the measure took effect, no one charged with drug possession under the new law has been sent to an addiction program in either of the Bay Area’s two largest counties.
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