MORE Arizona may foretell future of California drug court California isn't the first state to replace imprisonment with probation and treatment for drug abusers - Arizona has had similar laws for a few years. MORE Legislative Options State Legislators are considering several bills that could affect how Proposition 36 is put into effect. A LOOK BACK Prop. According to its supporters, Proposition 36 requires that anyone convicted for the first or second time of simple drug possession will be put on probation and sent to a drug treatment program lasting up to one year. If the person completes treatment successfully, he or she is released from court supervision and can ask to have the conviction dismissed.
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Call it the battle of the millionaires. Bankrolling Proposition 36 are George Soros, John Sperling and Peter Lewis, the same three men who paid for 1996's successful Proposition 215, the medical marijuana initiative, as well as medical marijuana and drug reform initiatives in other states. Clench your teeth and type.