This legislation will allow judges to order a person to get help for an addiction, but prohibit courts from sending a person to jail just for relapsing, if they are otherwise engaged in treatment. It is both unsafe and unjust to require a person suffering from addiction to remain relapse-free as a condition of release or else face jail.
Treatment, Not Imprisonment
Sponsors
Sen. Friedman and Rep. Balser
Bill number
S.937/H.1343
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