"Prop 36 saved my life," says Scott, a much-tattooed 48-year-old who believes he has finally conquered 33 years of drug addiction. "No doubt about it." No doubt, too, that Proposition 36, passed by 61% of California's voters in November 2000 and in effect since July 2001, is saving the state a great deal of money by offering treatment instead of incarceration for nonviolent adult drug offenders.
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