title: Proposition 36: issues and challenges.
abstract: A discussion of California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (Proposition 36) and how it represents a paradigm shift from incarceration to treatment and collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Alcohol & Drug Programs, Health and Human Services Agency, State of California, Sacramento 95814, USA.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Jett
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D002140:California; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000639:trends; D006295:Health Resources / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D011330:Prisons / Q000191:economics; D011634:Public Health; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States