The Shifting Drug War
The pendulum is swinging back from stiff mandatory sentences for drug offenses.
While Colorado's governor and many legislators have been cool to the idea of changing the state's laws, other western Republicans, such as New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, have endorsed the reform movement. Even conservative Idaho recently modified its drug laws to encourage treatment, but Donner is not optimistic that Owens will allow similar changes in Colorado.
"We have a governor who is an opponent of drug-policy reform," she says, adding that she believes the issue may have to be settled at the ballot box.
"It's unfortunate that voters have to do initiatives to enact these policies because elected officials are not responsive to the will of the people."
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