This warning would be given to people convicted of selling or providing certain drugs (such as fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine). Proposition 36, titled allows felony charges and increases sentences for certain drug and theft crimes, was an initiated california ballot proposition and legislative statute that was passed by a landslide in the 2024 general election [2][3] and went into effect in december 2024 Proposition 36 expands the felony crime of unlawfully possessing a specified substance while armed with a loaded operable firearm, to include a substance containing fentanyl. On december 18, 2024, proposition 36, the homelessness, drug addiction, and theft reduction act, took effect. California voters overwhelmingly passed proposition 36 on tuesday, capping a chaotic 10 months of bargaining and wrangling at the state capitol where democratic leaders unsuccessfully sought to preserve a decade of criminal justice reform. Thousands more prosecuted, but is it working
Critics, describing the measure as a ‘repackaged war on drugs,’ have pointed to low treatment rates as evidence that it. Few prop 36 offenders in treatment new law was supposed to incentivize drug treatment but very few in san mateo county taking it despite harsher penalties Prop 36 proponents promised safety, accountability, and mass treatment California’s getting more mass incarceration instead One year ago, california voters passed proposition 36, a ballot measure… Proposition 36 takes effect on december 18, 2024
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