The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 20th, 2001
Treatment, not jail, for non-violent addicts
By SHERYL MCCARTHY
Sunday, May 20, 2001
Robert Downey Jr.'s latest arrest, on charges of being high on drugs on a California street, was heartbreaking, given that it was his fourth arrest in five years. So was Darryl Strawberry's arrest earlier this month after he violated probation by going on a drug binge for the fourth time in less than two years.
Both are now back in drug rehab and face possible jail sentences for violating their parole. I hope they'll be successful this time. But, if not, they shouldn't go back to jail. It's time they pulle...
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