Editorial: Less funding for drug courts is pennywise, pound foolish

The Herald Sun endured a lot of flack around here when it recently was taken over by a new publisher. They fired a lot of long time staff and reporters and changed the format significantly. I can't say I loved their tactics on that but the paper consistently delivers politically progressive editorials. Case in point is this one addressing the shortsighted proposal by the state legislature to defund local courts. The paper takes a strong position in favor of "drug courts" and treatment options over jailing non-violent offenders. Last One Speaks of course, agrees.