Substance Abuse And Crime Prevention Act Of 2000 Progress Report

March 2002 Substance Abuse And Crime Prevention Act Of 2000 Progress Report  California's Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (SACPA), took effect on July 1, 2001. Since that date, SACPA has been diverting low-level, non-violent drug offenders convicted solely of possession for personal use into community-based treatment instead of incarceration. While it is too early to determine the ultimate success of this program, this preliminary progress report describes how the state and the largest counties are implementing this initiative. Early indications suggest that SACPA is being implemented well in most of . . .