Prop. 36 over-promised on drug treatment. Could a little-known funding stream help foot the bill?

Prop. 36 over-promised on drug treatment. Could a little-known funding stream help foot the bill?

Last year’s Proposition 36, which increased penalties on certain drug and property offenses, did so by convincing millions of voters that their initiative would help those struggling with addiction. Yet when the proposition took effect in December, there was still no plan for expanding California’s already-strained drug treatment infrastructure. Prop. 36 simply pointed to two existing funding streams as a source of treatment dollars: 1) Proposit…