Update -- Gwen Florio found the real story in her write-up for the Great Falls Tribune, and her editors gave it a great headline ("Meth Project founder critical of 'crazy' drug policy"). Read the whole thing.
Siebel was also somewhat critical of the trend toward locking up drug addicts. He said that strategy is costly, compared to prevention, treatment and other methods.
"We used to put people we were scared of in jail, now we put people in jail we're mad at," he said. "It's a little bit crazy."
That doesn't sound "somewhat critical" to me; it sounds flat-out critical.
Republican County Attorney Dennis Paxinos apparently had to set the story straight that the "innocent" woman nearly arrested for carrying a firearm was actually high on meth and threatening a maintenance worker.
By the way -- if you're pissed off about those mailers the GOP issued, you can donate to the Democrats targeted by the pieces. Doug Cordier, JP Pomnichowski, and Julie French represent swing districts. That's why they were targeted. Donate to their campaigns -- make sure that the GOP isn't rewarded for using bullshit mail pieces over half-baked issues defending meth addicts.
