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ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. SC01-1950.

818 So.2d 491 (2002)

ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL re RIGHT TO TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION for Non-Violent Drug Offenses.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Louis F. Hubener, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Presentor.

Stephen H. Grimes and Susan L. Kelsey of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Campaign for New Drug Policies, Sponsor.

Simone Marstiller, Assistant General Counsel, Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush; Kenneth W. Sukhia of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Save Our Society From Drugs, Inc.; Michael R. Ramage, General Counsel, The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Tallahassee, FL, Amicus Curiae; Arthur I. Jacobs of Jacobs & Associates, P.A., Fernandina Beach, FL, The Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Amicus Curiae; David P. Healy, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association; and Martin Epstein, West Palm Beach, FL, Florida Association of Drug Court Professionals, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

SHAW, J.

The Attorney General has requested this Court to review a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction. See art. IV, § 10; art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. We approve the amendment as explained below.

I. FACTS

The sponsor of the proposed amendment, the Florida Campaign for New Drug Policies, a Florida political committee, invoked the petition process of article XI, section 3, Florida Constitution,...

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