suplex3000
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The Year in Drug Policy Movement at a crossroads Al Jazeera America
'...California is not idly waiting for 2016 — in November the state made a salvo on another drug war front. Voters approved Proposition 47, which will reduce penalties for low-level drug crimes. The possession of small amounts of cocaine and heroin, for example, will soon be treated as misdemeanors, not felonies — a move that is expected to affect about 40,000 offenders annually and save hundreds of millions of dollars.'
So, it seems that prisons are totally overcrowded and politicians are going to save hundreds of millions of dollars and their own pushers.
'...California is not idly waiting for 2016 — in November the state made a salvo on another drug war front. Voters approved Proposition 47, which will reduce penalties for low-level drug crimes. The possession of small amounts of cocaine and heroin, for example, will soon be treated as misdemeanors, not felonies — a move that is expected to affect about 40,000 offenders annually and save hundreds of millions of dollars.'
So, it seems that prisons are totally overcrowded and politicians are going to save hundreds of millions of dollars and their own pushers.
