DRUG LAW BATTLE--Recovering drug addict Apryl James, of Mansfield, waits to tell her story of incarceration and treatment via the Richland County Drug Court, during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, July 18, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

DRUG LAW BATTLE--Gov. Bob Taft stands behind Apryl James, of Mansfield, as she tells her story of incarceration and treatment via the Richland County Drug Court, during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, July 18, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

DRUG LAW BATTLE--Richland County Common Pleas Court Judge James Henson speaks about the effectivness of his drug court, as Gov. Bob Taft looks on, during a news conference touting the state's drug courts, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, July 18, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

DRUG LAW BATTLE--Ed Orlett, of the Ohio Campaign for New Drug Policies, speaks with reporters outside of Gov. Bob Taft's office, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, July 18, 2002. Mr. Orlett's group will most likely place a constitutional amendment on the Nov. ballot which would mandate treatment rather than incarceration for first-time drug offenders. The Taft adminstration and the group Ohioans Against Unsafe Drug Laws oppose the change in state law. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)