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Drug courts, it's something that i think other states are looking at. but we have about 96% population in our prisons now. california i think is over 160% population of their prison. so they got a real overcrowding problem. i think part of it goes back to not making thoughtful decisions about who you're sending to prison and what for. the idea that a kid has one marijuana cigarette and you send had him to prison where they can learn to really be a hardened criminal is not thoughtful public policy. use these drug courts, put intervention programs in to place, shock probation an keep those young...

Decade ago, we started looking at adjusting the penalties for criminal use of marijuana. and what we've seen is our prison populations have gone down. as a matter of fact, even president obama and eric holder looked at texas and said, what they are doing there with their drug courts, it's something that i think other states are looking at, but we have about 96% population in our prisons now. california i think is over 160% population of their prison. so they got a real overcrowding problem. i think part of it goes back to not making thoughtful decisions about who you're sending to prison and w...