State of Rhode Island Archives: on Drugs

Bob Flanders: Enhance treatment & recovery services; and public engagement

• [Allow] the DEA to pursue Big Pharma and wholesalers who are flooding the market with these addictive drugs.
• Save lives by enhancing treatment and recovery services to ensure that first responders and emergency rooms have adequate supplies of medicine that can save the lives of people who overdosed on opioids.
• Provide resources for cutting-edge research and addiction management to advance procedures for pain management and mandate that medical and pharmacy students receive training in preventing opioid misuse.
• Promote an aggressive public-engagement campaign to enhance the understanding and awareness about opioid use.

Carl Sheeler: Decriminalize marijuana possession

Indicate which principles you support regarding drugs.
• Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
• Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
• Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
• Sheeler adds, “The real costs of repeat offenders & recidivism versus the publics safety requires a balance of compassion and firm penalties. Alcohol, cigarettes, & marijuana are similar in risk.

Mark Zaccaria: Mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs

A: Yes.

Q: Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment?

A: Yes.

Q: Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders?

A: Yes.

Q: Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs?

A: Yes.