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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 mandate of 130,000. Weve already released some 50,000 individuals to serve their time locally, and these offenses that we were talking about here are currently in the list of offenses that were to be served in county jails now. And if...

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 you agree with them [ i dont. I understand where marty is coming from. I think we have to make sure when were treating this as a misdemeanor we do have a tool to ensure that people who need treatment are going to be afforded the opportunity and are going to have treatment. I also agree with tal, not neces...

System and stand by israel and hang tough with our best friend. We cant survive without it. I often look back and say that i look back wistfully at the days of the cold war. That was back when they had two superpowers in the world, the ussr and the United States. They knew what they had, we knew their capacities, they had m. A. D. , mutual assured groks. That doesnt work anymore. Now have you these rogue elements out there that are developing weapons that can wipe out an entire United States city and im talking about not just in the middle east but north korea also. So were looking at the midd...

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 terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large e...

The user of the program clicks through and picks what steps of the b and i to do with this patient. And, depending on the level of correctness of their choices, the patient responds in various ways. Sbirt gives the practitioner a needed skill in order to screen and intervene. Its a skill like any other skill that they learn in medical school, and it has the potential to improve the health of the public. I wouldnt even be here, or it would take me a longer time. The earlier, the better. You know, i was able to catch it in a stage thatyou know, im not a long time user, but i am a user, so it was...