2008 House Bill 339 (Create new program for drug treatment for certain felony defendants)

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Introduced by Rep. Leslie Combs on January 22, 2008, to provide drug treatment for certain people charged with felonies.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on January 24, 2008.

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Introduced by Rep. Leslie Combs on January 22, 2008. New Comment

1) Substance users? [by David Dunn on January 23, 2008]
Why are we locking up illicit substance users in the first place? Incarceration is a total failure when dealing with addiction. The only reason they're there is because they used a substance other than alcohol.

Why even arrest or incarcerate "marijuana" users? "Marijuana" isn't a drug, never has been, never will be.

Better to pardon non-violent substance users. It would be cheaper to have voluntary addiction treatment centers with social workers, educators and job placement counselors working with these people.

Sixty-eight percent of Kentucky's prison population is there for illicit substance use. That costs $269 million a year. Pardon these people and Kentucky's self-inflicted budget "crisis" is solved.

This is some more bad, anti-American values legislation.

Kill this bill.
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2) No [by Anonymous Citizen on April 1, 2008]
This bill sounds a whole lot like Senate Bill 72. I am confused that everybody is writing different versions of the same Law. They are right. These people do need treatment if they are going to be locked up for their disease and they will be. If they are locked up everybody wins. The Courts receive money for the fines and the state pays the detention center/prison for their incarceration. The attorneys make money for their representation. If you watch the court dockets and know your community, you will see people who nobody cares about, no family, no job, no attorney....they will walk because there is nobody to make money off of. God forbid if you have a child you care about caught in this system for drug abuse, not a dealer, they have money. Currently, a lot of the Drug Courts are teaching addicts how to be functioning. How to do their drugs and get away with it. They need educated personnel that have drug addiction knowledge running them if they are going to do anything other than teach them how to be functioning addicts. By the way system...the money is gone.. the state can no longer afford your job security.
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