Mandates that all forfeited property be sold and that all proceeds from such sales and all forfeited money be diverted from law enforcement to the Drug Treatment Trust Fund. What Proponents Say Proponents say Petition P will provide treatment instead of jail for non-violent drug offenders and make it more difficult for authorities to seize property from them. One of the authors of the petition, Thomas R. Kiley, describes it as the first step toward ending a failed war on drugs that has taken too many innocent lives and too many assets in ways that seem un-American. . What Opponents Say Opponents say Petition P will allow drug dealers to escape prosecution and jail by giving them a loophole to declare they are drug dependent or are in danger of becoming drug dependent and will allow them to keep the money and property they acquire through illegal drug trafficking. One of the best ways to put a drug dealer out of business is to take what they use for resources, said Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley.
Drug dealers have the assets and they re going to be the ones who benefit.
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