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Incorporating a Public Health Approach in Drug Law: Lessons from Local Expansion of Treatment Capacity and Access under California's Proposition 36.

Authors :
KLEIN, DORIE
MILLER, ROBIN E.
NOBLE, AMANDA
SPEIGLMAN, RICHARD
Source :
Milbank Quarterly; 2004, Vol. 82 Issue 4, p723-757, 35p
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

A major state drug abuse initiative, California's Proposition 36 of 2000, mandated that adults convicted of drug possession be offered treatment in lieu of incarceration. While the law expanded public treatment for arrestees, the counties were given discretion in structuring their systems of care and procedures to manage clients. Using data from a study of key informants in eight counties, this article examines local planning to increase drug treatment capacity and manage clients' access to treatment. In both these planning domains, it describes the counties' strategies and concerns, reasons for their differences in approaches, and whether and how this state initiative, which explicitly incorporated treatment objectives into penal drug law, will shift the debate over drug abuse policy toward greater consideration of public health goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0887378X
Volume :
82
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Milbank Quarterly
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
15275034
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0887-378X.2004.00329.x