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To allow us to identify patients before they really have reached these endstage processes in their disease. And so, bringing these prevention techniques and early identification techniques to the residents, i feel, will only improve the health care of patients long term. So kristen, we had mentioned before the whole issue of peertopeer interventions. Can you talk to us a little bit, and how does that work . There are a variety of ways that we can utilize the information, the expertise of peers to help each other. Theres peer mentoring, theres peer mediation, therere a variety of Different Thin...

After school tutoring, life skills, and so on. We help kids finish school, get out of gangs, stop using drugs, and graduates of that program we are hiringpaid positionshiring as peer mentors, so they can help the new members coming in get acclimated. So, theyre peer recovery young people. Correct. Well, thats excellent. Thats excellent. Does that mirror anything were doing in the Mental Health side, gail . Well, i couldnt help but, first of all, applaud you for the work youre doing. And also to think about our Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Program has a variety of facets, and one ...

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 terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have emba...

Judiciary committee will come to order. I think all of those attendance for the so many people from illinois, and Highland Park area. I am sorry that we have to gather in this room for this purpose, but i salute you for your commitment to sanity when it comes to the lives of this country. I want to show some pictures. You will recognize them. This is eight and mccarthy, two years old, on the morning of the 4th of july, 16 days ago aidan and his parents cabinet arena went out to celebrate Independence Day as a family. They stopped by their hometown parade, of Highland Park. Surely after 10 14 a...

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 forward to lower the punishment for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor t...