Legalizing marijuana in California would lead to a major decline in the pretax price, but the price for consumers will depend heavily on taxes, the regulatory regime structure, and how taxes and regulations are enforced. The lower price and nonprice effects will increase consumption, but it is unclear by how much. There is much uncertainty about the effect on public budgets; even minor changes in assumptions lead to major differences in outcomes.

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Altered State?: Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets

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Increasing evidence suggests that culturally and linguistically responsive programs may improve substance abuse treatment outcomes among Latinos. However, little is known about whether individual practices or culturally and linguistically responsive contexts support efforts by first-time Latino clients to successfully complete mandated treatment.

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Do cultural and linguistic competence matter in Latinos’ completion of mandated substance abuse treatment?

High-risk offenders treated by California’s Proposition 36 court-supervised drug treatment initiative account for a disproportionate number of re-arrests (Hawken 2008) undermining the many successes of the program, yet little is known about their characteristics, treatment experiences, or factors that influence re-arrest. To better understand this group, self-reported and administrative data were analyzed on 78 high-risk (five or more convictions in the previous 5 years) and 1,009 low-risk offenders enrolled during 2004. At intake, high-risk offenders were younger, more were male, and more had prior contact with psychiatric and criminal justice systems. Treatment received and the proportion recidivated during the 30-months after treatment assessment were similar across groups, but high-risk offenders had a greater number of re-arrests. The number of re-arrests was increased by high-risk classification, but decreased by receipt of more treatment services and longer treatment length. Moreover, the number of re-arrests was highest among high-risk offenders with shorter treatment lengths, whereas it was similar to that among low-risk offenders if treatment length was longer. To reduce recidivism among high-risk offenders in court-supervised drug treatment, consideration of psychiatric problems and criminal history is needed, as is receipt of sufficient treatment.

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High-Risk Offenders Participating in Court-Supervised Substance Abuse Treatment: Characteristics, Treatment Received, and Factors Associated with Recidivism

To explore the effectiveness of court-supervised drug treatment for California parolees, offender characteristics, treatment experiences, and outcomes were examined and contrasted to those of probationers. The analysis used statewide administrative data on 4,507 parolees and 22,701 probationers referred to treatment by Proposition 36 during fiscal year 2006-2007. Compared with probationers, parolee problems were more severe at treatment entry, more were treated in residential settings, treatment retention was shorter, and fewer completed treatment. Regarding outcomes, fewer parolees were successful at treatment discharge and more recidivated over 12-months post admission. Both groups improved in many areas by treatment discharge, but improvements were generally smaller among parolees. Significant interaction effects indicated that parolees benefited from residential care and more treatment days, even after controlling for covariates. Court-supervised drug treatment for parolees can "work;" however, parolees have more frequent and diverse needs, and their outcomes are enhanced by more intensive treatment. Findings suggest methods for optimizing the effectiveness of criminal-justice-supervised programs for treating drug-dependent offenders.

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Differential Outcomes of Court-Supervised Substance Abuse Treatment Among California Parolees and Probationers

https://repository.brynmawr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1051&context=psych_pubs

Pathways to treatment retention for individuals legally coerced to substance use treatment: The interaction of hope and treatment motivation

Darren Urada, Ph.D., Elizabeth Evans, M.A., Joy Yang, M.P.P., Bradley T. Conner, Ph.D., Michael Campos, Ph.D., Lynn Brecht, Ph.D., M. Douglas Anglin, Ph.D., Jia Fan, M.S., Jeremy Hunter, M.A., Beth Rutkowski, M.P.H., Cheryl Teruya, Ph.D., Christine Gardiner, Ph.D., Rachel Gonzales, Ph.D., Christine Grella, Ph.D., Richard Rawson, Ph.D., Michael Prendergast, Ph.D., Nelson Tiburcio, Ph.D, Bryce Lowe, Katie Shaw, and Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.

https://www.uclaisap.org/Prop36/documents/2009%20SACPA%20Report%20Final%2011242009.pdf

Evaluation of Proposition 36: The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 2009 Report

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