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Who's Getting Rich Off Prohibition? Just Look Who Opposes CA's Prop. 5

Paul Armentano, NORML. November 1, 2008.

You can learn a lot about the merits of a proposal by taking a good, hard look at who's lobbying against it.

California's Prop. 5 Could Change the Course of America's Drug War

Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. November 1, 2008.

Californians have chance with the NORA initiative to reject decades of fear mongering and try alternatives to jail for drug abuse.

CA's Prop 5: Treatment for Drug Addicts Works and Jail Time Doesn't -- Here Are the Stories to Prove It

Matthew Palevsky, AlterNet. October 30, 2008.

Treatment graduates ask CA voters to give others the opportunity they had, to get treatment and turn their lives around.

Prop 5: California Has a Chance to Treat Young People Struggling with Drug Problems the Right Way

Marsha Rosenbaum, AlterNet. October 29, 2008.

The NORA initiative would invest $65 million annually into developingdrug treatment programs for at-risk California youth under 18.

CA's Prop 5, Rehab vs. Lockup: Voters' Chance to Become a More Advanced Society

Jan Frel, AlterNet. October 28, 2008.

Instead of just locking people up for harmless offenses like drug possession, Prop 5 pushes for rehabilitation.

California's Big Chance to Stop Locking up Harmless Drug Offenders

AlterNetOctober 25, 2008.

Supporters of California's Prop 5 argue it would dramatically improve the way non-violent offenders are treated.

Former Warden of San Quentin Prison Supports Dramatic Justice Reform Initiative in CA

Jan Frel, AlterNet. October 24, 2008.

Jeanne Woodford supports overhaul reform for CA's Prop 5 that would radically alter how non-violent offenders are treated.