A Guide to Drug-Related State Ballot Initiatives
Arizona Proposition 302
A Measure Relating to Probation
Opponents
The People Have Spoken
This initiative, sponsored by Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley and the Arizona Legislature, adjusts some provisions of the 1996 initiative Proposition 200. That initiative prohibits judges from sending nonviolent drug offenders to prison. As a result, between 25 and 35 percent of offenders mandated into treatment do not comply, according to initiative sponsors.
Proposition 302 would permit judges to use the threat of jail to persuade drug offenders to participate in their court-ordered treatment and would allow judges to jail those who refuse to participate.
| Proponents | |
| Battleground Arizona | |
| Cash as of 10/4/02 | |
| Lanelle B. Robson Foundation | $10,000.00 |
| Viad Corporation | $25,000.00 |
| Arizona County Attorney & Sheriffs' Association | $25,000.00 |
| Total Cash to Date | $60,000.00 |
| Opponents | |
| People Have Spoken | |
| Cash as of 10/4/02 | |
| Peter Lewis | $129,077.00 |
| George Soros | $406,467.00 |
| John Sperling | $590,383.00 |
| Total Cash to Date | $1,125,927.00 |
| In-Kind as of 10/4/02 | |
| Drug
Policy Foundation- Lindesmith Center* |
$14, 414.12 |
| Drug Policy Alliance | $20, 415.08 |
| Total to Date | $34,829.20 |
| * Merged to become the Drug Policy Alliance | |
On Ballot
Ranking
Compared
to other states, Arizona ranks:
15th (tied with 2 other states) in past-month drug use
16th in marijuana use
6th (tied with 5 other states) in drug use other than marijuana
7th (tied with 3 other states) in past-year drug dependence
7th (tied with 2 other states) in drug or alcohol dependence
(1999 National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse)
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