Monday, December 10, 2001
Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General: Right to Treatment & Rehabilitation for Nonviolent Drug Offenses

no. 01-1950

Statewide Impact


A citizen's initiative to amend the state Constitution is being circulated that would give persons charged with certain drug-related offenses the right to treatment rather than prosecution. The case is before the Court to determine whether it contains only a single subject and has a fair ballot summary, as required by law.