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In 1973, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller Took This Dramatic

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In 1973, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller took this dramatic stance against drug users and dealers which became popular in other states as well.


A) Mandatory life sentences for all dealers or drug distributors, and minimum 15 years for users caught in their second (or later) offenses.
B) Mandatory prison sentences of 15 years to life for drug dealers and addicts of any kind- even for offenders arrested for possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, or heroin.
C) Mandatory in-patient drug rehabilitation for 120 days followed by minimum 10-year prison sentence-both doubled with subsequent offenses and for more addictive substances such as cocaine or heroin.
D) Mandatory drug-testing for the rest of one's life for cocaine or heroin users with prison as punishment for positive results; mandatory life sentence for dealers or drug distributors resulting in government seizure of cash and/or drugs valued in excess of $200,000 at time of arrest.

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