REHAB PROGRAMS DO WORK

I did meth for over 20 years, bouncing in and out of prison for simple
violations, wasting who knows how much taxpayer money. The last time I
was arrested for a violation, parole decided to send me to a very
minimal program to teach and tell me why I was doing what I was doing,
which was just using meth, giving a dirty test and then not going
back. Absconding, that was my major crime.

Well, that basic program worked. I just took out my parole release
card, and the date was May 25, 2008. And I'm still not using. So if
you're looking for proof that throwing us simple addicts into prison
is the way to handle us, I can prove you wrong.

Education. Simple education. I'm not saying that it will work for all
of us, but it worked for me. Meth never more.

Darrell Parscale

Sacramento