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There was a time when that would have been treated as a violation, over time it hasnt been treated as a very serious violation. Tal raised the issue about responsible drug use, and when we get into the area of heroin or cocaine or other drugs, are you seeing that there are some probationers that can in fact use these substances in a recreational manner and still be otherwise lawabiding . Well, first ill say as an officer of the court, my job is to, of course, enforce the law, but with that said,...

Enough is enough. Were seeing prison populations beginning to decline but when it comes down to the question, who are the first people we should stop putting behind bars . Who is the people who really dont belong there . Its people whose only offense is possession of a substance to put in their own body, right . Thats the first group that needs to be let out. [applause] marty, let me ask you, youre obviously part of the california district attorneys association, as we were talking before the pan...

Intervention to create a strengthbased approach to where were providing rewards, also when someone is doing good and recognizing their progress, not just sanctioning them when in fact they relapse because relapse is a fact, and its part and parcel to addiction recovery. George, let me ask you, marty raisesed the point that the reason that we need felony possibilities with drug possession offenses is that we need an incentive for people to choose treatment when they are charged with a crime. Do y...

We had for everything in 1980. Its not consistent with Global Standards and not consistent with our own history. Its costing a vast amount of money and i think what you see is for some of the d. A. s and others are beginning to say enough is enough. Were seeing prison populations beginning to decline but when it comes down to the question, who are the first people we should stop putting behind bars . Who is the people who really dont belong there . Its people whose only offense is possession of ...

What were doing is not even consistent with american history. I mean, we had 500,000 people behind bars in 1980 and now we have 2. 3 million, 2. 4 Million People behind bars and almost have 5,000 people behind bars just for a drug violation. There are as many people behind bars for a drug violation than we had for everything in 1980. Its not consistent with Global Standards and not consistent with our own history. Its costing a vast amount of money and i think what you see is for some of the d. ...

Country in albany county, new york, in philadelphia, in atlanta, dallas, who are really beginning to break ranks with the broader d. A. s associations and call for various types of reforms for the drug laws and Drug Enforcement. I think that the one of the contexts thats so important here and people so often lose sight of is that this bill, 1506, is a small effort in the state of california and in the country of the United States to try to roll back the horrendous rates of incarceration that hav...

Beatle mania, 50 years later. New york was jumpin. And we were jumpin because we had landed in new york and we were in america. There was nothing more far out than that good evening, thank you for joining us. Joie chen is on assignment. Im josh rushing. Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour hoffman was laid to rest, the ceremony was private. But his death apparently over heroine, has sparked unrest, over the heart of the problem which lies in a place that has a long dark history with heroin. The ci...

Youre obviously part of the california district attorneys association, as we were talking before the panel began, you shared with me that your organization has previously supported a measure that mark leno brought forward to lower the punishment for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor to an infraction. In this case your organization is essentially opposed to it. What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in ter...

Who are the first people we should stop putting behind bars . Who is the people who really dont belong there . Its people whose only offense is possession of a substance to put in their own body, right . Thats the first group that needs to be let out. [applause] marty, let me ask you, youre obviously part of the california district attorneys association, as we were talking before the panel began, you shared with me that your organization has previously supported a measure that mark leno brought ...

Of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor to an infraction. In this case your organization is essentially opposed to it. What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal man...