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AlterNet / By Alice Huffman, Allen Hopper, Theshia Naidoo, Jakada Imani
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Sane Drug Laws: How California May Finally Stop Prison Overcrowding

California's SB 1506 would reclassify drug possession for personal use from a felony to a misdemeanor, significantly reducing sentences.

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Theshia Naidoo is staff attorney with the Drug Policy Alliance. Alice A. Huffman is president of the California Hawaii State NAACP. Jakada Imani is executive director at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Allen Hopper is criminal justice and drug policy director at the ACLU of California.

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