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Noting the shift in how states are fighting the war on drugs

By Douglas A. Berman

I am just catching up on some reading and discovered this great article from a few days ago that appearing in the Wall Street Journal (along with the accompanying graphic). The piece is headlined "States Rethink Drug Laws: Treatment Gains Favor Over Long Prison Terms; a New Look at Rehabilitation," and here are excerpts: A growing number of states are renouncing some of the long prison sentences that have been a hallmark of the war on drugs and instead focusing on treatment, which once-skeptical lawmakers now say is proven to be less expensive and more effective. Kentucky on Thursday became the latest to make the shift when Gov. Steve Beshear signed into law a measure increasing spending on rehabilitation programs and intensive drug testing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 10, 2011 (boomark / email).