Question by DWAYNE R C: statistics on inmates leaving prison verses enteringprison in california?

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Answer by Tara M
In the quest for “punishment,” the state of California has given very little effort to try to rehabilitate or educate offenders. Throwing them in prisons and dehumanizing every aspect of their existence leaves little or no sympathy to treating them as humans and trying to help build them into better human beings.
Even if success rates aren’t perfect, there is much evidence that suggests that the successes are worth it. Sixty-five percent of 3-Strikers are in prison because of drug related offenses. Rather than expensive prisons, less expensive rehabilitation programs are worth more for the buck to the taxpayer.
Education is essential for prisoners in our society. Someday, most of them will be out of prison again. In our growing information age, the “haves” and the “have nots” are being separated by education. Recent studies show that educating inmates decreases their recidivism rates.
California has a few education and rehabilitation programs–unfortunately, only a few. If California really wants to do something about crime, they should expand these programs. In addition, other new programs should be attempted and tested.
FACTS has mixed feelings about jobs and labor programs for prisoners. While we encourage the teaching of new skills so prisoners have a better chance for employment when they get on the “outside,” we are concerned that the prison system and society will look at prisoners as cheap labor and therefore abuse prisoners (and even look at increasing our population of prisoners as a good thing). One way of preventing this from happening is to continue to allow prisoners to join the job programs on a truly voluntary basis, maintain safe working conditions, and then to increase their pay. In addition, FACTS encourages programs that are challenging and really give prisoners skills for good jobs on the “outside” (e.g., computer manufacturing).
While there are signals that California politicians may be more willing to put in place rehabiliation and prevention programs, keep an eye on the actual numbers of prisoners affected and also recognize that these programs do nothing for the 3-strikers who have already received unjust sentences. In addition, when the CDC promotes more “rehabilitation facilities,” let’s make sure that the money really is going towards more rehabilitation and not just to an increase in the prison industrial complex.

California spends approximately $ 5.7 billion on its prisons and jails ($ 4.5 billion on youth and adult corrections and $ 1.2 billion on county jails).
Even before the 3-Strikes law, California was already pouring nonviolent offenders and drug offenders in its prisons. The 3-Strikes law became an exclamation point on a bankrupt policy that wants to spend billions on nonviolent and non-serious offenders.
. .But California’s prisons are more crowded today than when the building program began and the Department of Corrections asserts that California must immediately begin another round of prison expansion nearly as large as the one just completed.
Prison officials estimate that within two years the state will run out of space for additional inmates. Without new facilities or another strategy for dealing with felons, the state could easily be required by a federal court to release prisoners before they have served their time. The problem is real. It is upon us now. And it must be solved.
But California’s prisons are more crowded today than when the building program began and the Department of Corrections asserts that California must immediately begin another round of prison expansion nearly as large as the one just completed.

Prison officials estimate that within two years the state will run out of space for additional inmates. Without new facilities or another strategy for dealing with felons, the state could easily be required by a federal court to release prisoners before they have served their time. The problem is real. It is upon us now. And it must be solved.
While more felons are going to prison for a longer time, 90 percent of all prison inmates are eventually returned to our communities – and half of them will be released within two years. Each year, more that 100,000 inmates are released from state custody
More than 80 percent of inmates are addicted to drugs or alcohol. Half of them cannot read at the sixth-grade level. Moreover, the vast majority of inmates do not receive education, work training or drug treatment – even though those services have proven repeatedly to help inmates successfully reintegrate into society and are far cheaper than re-incarcerating inmates.
A full two-thirds of all of the inmates entering state prisons either violated the condition of their parole or committed new crimes while on parole. While some of those parolees committed serious and violent crimes, the vast majority of returning parolees committed low-level property or drug crimes.

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Question by J-WO: Is it possible, or even safe, for an alcoholic to quit drinking “cold turkey”?
I’ve finally acknowledged to myself that I have a drinking problem. I’m 46 and I started when I was 14, to kill the pain of an abusive father and VERY dysfunctional family life. I’ve let some close, good friends know so that they can support me. However, I noticed a couple days ago that I was becoming very irritable and nervous. It has only been a little over a week that I’ve stopped drinking. I didn’t drink every day, but sometimes I would go on “spurts” of drinking every day, and even started drinking in the morning. I also have gone on “binges” – becoming quite sick, vomiting, blacking out – the whole thing. Then I could go for a few days or even weeks , without it. However, lately I have experienced a lot of personal trauma – the break-up of a 7-year relationship, raising two teenagers, my job has been extra stressful, and of course facing the holidays. I have been handling it horribly, by drinking constantly. So, I made the decision that I truly need to quit. Alcoholism is in my family and I need to straighten up. But like I said, I found myself to be horribly shaky and grouchy a couple of days ago. So, I had one drink, a mixed drink. And I felt relief. I didn’t crave it as much and I remembered all too well the horrible experience and 2 day hangover I had a couple of weekends ago (which led to my decision to quit). I take Valium for anxiety, only as needed, but noticed on the information that came with it that it is also used to treat alcohol withdrawal. If I make an appointment with my doctor and tell him my problem, is it possible for him to adjust my dosage and handle my addiction that way? Or do I really have to attend AA meetings? I do have a strong support network and adding more meetings/appointments, etc. to my schedule would do me in. I’m a single mom and need to stop running everywhere every time I turn around. Any advice out there? Anyone been through the same thing and had success at it without attending any meetings?

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Answer by flutterby
my brother in law finally quit cold turkey.

he was sent to a program that told him he had to start drinking again to do the program. it’s been 10 years and he is still sober.

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Question by mdGreg C: I Saw an Ad for Tums “Dual Action”, the Other Day, Could the Equivalent of “Pepcid Complete” Be Made With -?
-Omeprazole?

Perhaps if it was Micro-Encapsulated, and Enterically Coated?
Thanks Byte Me, So, One Think it Would Have Been Done Already, BTW, it has to Be Enterically Coated.
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Answer by Byte Me
Yes, it certainly could.

But Prilosec (omeprazole) is more of a maintenance, a long-term-type drug treatment (“proton pump inhibitor”), while Pepcid Complete is aimed at short-term (the antacid) and medium-term problems (the acid reducer – is it ranitadine?)

Omeprazole, while good for long-term acid erosion prevention, is pretty useless for _immediate_ pain because you have to be taking it for awhile, and build some up in your system, for it to work.

So my answer is, yes it could be done (and you wouldn’t even need the enteric coating), but it doesn’t make sense to try.

(EDIT: just researched it a little further – you’re right – coating WOULD be needed)

Antacids are used for immediate problems, “acid reducers” for the medium-term, and Prilosec or its cousin Nexium for long-term.

By the way, even slight weight losses have been shown to be dramatically effective in reducing GERD. When I got skinny I was able to cut my antacid and acid reducer use to almost nothing.

EDIT: No, I haven’t. This is the slow period of the year in my work and I’m short on $ , and have no medical insurance. We’re probably looking at another year or so.

They found the Barrett’s about a year-and-a-half ago. If it became cancer in the meantime, I’ll just have to die.

That’s life under capitalism.

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