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NEWARK — Speaking before a packed inner city gospel church at an addiction roundtable, Gov. Chris Christie declared making drug and alcohol treatment “more available for everybody” was “part of government’s job,” and then wasted no time in assailing mandatory sentencing guidelines for drug offenders.
“With 23 million folks addicted, it’s not working,” Christie said of the nation’s current drug interdiction policy. “There’s gotta be a separation between the criminal act [of using illegal drugs] and the disease.”Christie preaches drug treatment over jail ending mandatory prison terms for drug offenses NJ.com
NEWARK — Speaking before a packed inner city gospel church at an addiction roundtable, Gov. Chris Christie declared making drug and alcohol treatment “more available for everybody” was “part of government’s job,” and then wasted no time in assailing mandatory sentencing guidelines for drug offenders.
“With 23 million folks addicted, it’s not working,” Christie said of the nation’s current drug interdiction policy. “There’s gotta be a separation between the criminal act [of using illegal drugs] and the disease.”Christie preaches drug treatment over jail ending mandatory prison terms for drug offenses NJ.com
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