In Re Marks

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Richard Marks (hereinafter called petitioner), currently confined in the California Rehabilitation Center (hereinafter called CRC) under an order of commitment as a narcotics addict. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 3051.)

We are called upon to resolve, in effect, a jurisdictional dispute between the State of California’s narcotics addict rehabilitation program and that of Synanon, a well-known privaté rehabilitation organization. The principal issue is whether the state may impose its antinarcotic testing requirements on those of its…