Rehab Shock: Fight the Drug & Go to Jail

Rehab Shock: Fight the drug & go to jail – The 23-year-old head of a controversial Russian drug clinic has been sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for abducting addicts and forcing them into rehabilitatio…

Atheist parolee wins federal appeal, is entitled to damages in rights case

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An atheist parolee who was sent back to prison after he balked at participating in a religious-oriented drug treatment program must receive monetary compensation, a federal appellate court ruled Friday. The ruling overturned the verdict of a Sacramento …
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Brown Wins One-Party Tussles With California Democrats in Charge

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He's scored another victory in the legislative session that ended last week, persuading Senate Democrats to go along with his plan to spend $ 1 billion on prison beds to avoid the potential release of thousands of felons under a federal court order …
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Ninth Judicial District's Drug Court program aims to keep addicts out of prison

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“If we're treating an addiction, you can't smoke pot and be high,” Lynch remarked, adding that the program treats addictive behavior rather than the addict's response to a particular substance. “We're trying to change that addictive behavior, and find …
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