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1 week agoLacking funding, Proposition 36 puts burden on most defendants to find drug treatment
It's a Wednesday afternoon in Department 1203 at the Central Courthouse, and the man in the defendant's chair is anxious. The next morning, he'll be released from jail and expected to put his name on a waiting list at a drug treatment program. He has no car, no cellphone, no money for cab fare, and, he tells Superior Court Judge Cindy Davis, a poor sense of direction.
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