DRUGS, ALCOHOL -- RELATED PUBLICATIONS
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONS' BUDGET PROCESS:
CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
FACILITY, CORCORAN & CHUCKAWALLA VALLEY STATE PRISON - This is the second
hearing by the Senate Budget Committee is to discuss how the Department of
Corrections has been running significant deficits for the past several years.
Attending this hearing were the three Wardens from these prisons. (Stock #1161-
S; $3.77 - includes tax s/h) (4/02)
IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROVIDING QUALITY TREATMENT CENTER PROGRAMS FOR
CRIMINAL OFFENDERS IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES (NIMBY, PRISON) - Informational
hearing to discuss treatment centers for criminal offenders and the resistance
that is often faced from communities who do not want these facilities in their
neighborhoods. Four important policy issues are: What are the public safety
benefits of providing quality treatment center programs for criminal offenders
in communities? What resistance do these centers face from communities when
trying to establish their program? What are the concerns from communities about
these centers? What can be done to balance the need with those concerns?
SB1537 addresses these issues. (Stock #1153-S; $4.58 - includes s/h) (4/02)
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC BY ASSISTING ADDICTED LAWYERS IN OVERCOMING SUBSTANCE
ABUSE – A Briefing paper prepared by the Senate Office of Research. This paper
looks at what four other states with successful programs are doing in this
arena, summarizes the two small assistance programs available to California
lawyers and elaborates on help available to California Physicians. Statutory
language to create a California treatment and diversion program for lawyers in
included in the appendix. (Stock #1074-S; $3.23 – includes tax, s/h) (2/01)
SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY 1999 BILL SUMMARY – For your information and
use, the staff of this committee has prepared this summary of bills pertaining
to Public Safety’s jurisdiction enacted by the Legislature and signed into law
or vetoed by the Governor in 1999. Most will take place in Jan. 2000. (Stock
#1003-S; $4.85 – includes tax, s/h) (10/99)
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS’ ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DRUGS – On August 23,
1999 the Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations held
an informational hearing. They discuss the following issues: Drug interdiction
program, Drug reduction strategy, Maintaining family contact, Secure 1000
informational brochure, Pennsylvania Prisons success in attacking inmate drug
abuse, New Jersey to implement roving drug intervention, and Senate Bill 2016.
(Stock #998-S; $7.27 – includes tax s/h) (8/99)
PUBLIC FORUM ON THE PROPOSED TOBACCO LITIGATION SETTLEMENT - An opportunity for
the public to comment on the proposed agreement, announced on November 16, 1998,
to settle the state's lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Because this
settlement will affect health policy for this and the next generation of
Californians, it is important for the people of California to have a fair
opportunity to review the many details of the complex agreement and to comment
on its provisions. (Stock #978-S; $4.31 - includes tax s/h) (11/98)
THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED ALCOHOL & TAX INITIATIVE ON CALIFORNIA'S
WINE INDUSTRY -- Hearing & summary of proposed initiative's fiscal effects on
California's economy, education programs & health services. Senate Select
Committee on California's Wine Industry. (Stock #886-S; $4.31 -- includes tax,
s/h) (2/96)
INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON TIED-HOUSE LAWS -- An informational hearing on January
23, 1996 on the subject of the Tied-House Laws. These laws established three
independent levels in the alcohol industry, and were intended to prohibit
vertical integration between manufactures, wholesalers and retailers. Each
legislative session, new exceptions to these restrictions are proposed. The
information contained herein will be most helpful in attempting to find ways to
resolve this ongoing problem. (stock #861-S; $5.93 -- includes tax, s/h) (1/96)