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Stephanie Tubbs Jones: “It is important that we invest money in treatment. Having served as a judge for 10 years and a prosecutor for 8 years, I…”

On the recordJune 12, 2000
It is important that we invest money in treatment. Having served as a judge for 10 years and a prosecutor for 8 years, I have seen how treatment works. We spend a lot of money building jails to keep people in jail and spend no money for treatment. People go to jail with an addiction. They come out of jail with an addiction. It is important that we as a country recognize the need for treatment, the demand for treatment, and put money in treatment. That is where it works. We know it works. We spend money building jails. Let us spend some money on treatment.

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Advocating for increased funding for addiction treatment over incarceration during a floor speech.

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