Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, AlterNet. February 17, 2011.
Santa Cruz just became the latest county to announce it would "end" treatment-instead-of-incarceration program for low-level drug offenses because of a lack of funding.
Al Gore III, the 24-year-old son of the former vice president, is facing more than three years in prison for simple drug possession following his arrest in Southern California earlier this month.
