Albany Reaches Deal to Repeal ’70s-Era Drug Laws

[iandhr]

Source: NYTIMES

ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson and New York legislative leaders have reached an agreement to dismantle much of what remains of the state’s strict 1970s-era drug laws, once among the toughest in the nation.

The deal would repeal many of the mandatory minimum prison sentences now in place for lower-level drug felons, giving judges the authority to send first-time nonviolent offenders to treatment instead of prison.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/nyregion/26rockefeller.html?_r=1&hp

[Captain Hilts]

1. Here you go...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5333053&mesg_id=5333053

[greyghost]

2. About time! eom