Follow File: Ex-Convict Now Role Model for What Not to Do

Follow File: Ex-convict now role model for what not to do

Filed under: crack cocaine 1980s

1, 2011, he was released after serving 14 years because of an easing of the harsh penalties for crack cocaine that were enacted in the 1980s. When the prison doors opened, Joiner, of Springfield, had a plan. That was to begin his career as a … Read more on The State Journal-Register

Clint Eastwood Anti Crack Cocaine PSA 1980s – Hollywood Set – Crack Cocaine – This is very similar to Pee Wee Herman’s Crack Message (www.youtube.com I thought these guys at one point or another loved cocaine, but … they’re giving mixed signals.

Recidivism, AIDS Infections Linked Among Black, Latino Men

Filed under: crack cocaine 1980s

In the late 1980s, tying a rise in violent crime to crack cocaine, Congress passed laws punishing crack use that carried jail time sometimes 100 times longer than for powder-cocaine convictions, according to the Drug Policy Alliance, an advocacy group … Read more on National Journal

The House That Frank Built: The EM Jellinek Center Faces Funding Cuts

Filed under: crack cocaine 1980s

Photo by David Luttrell. Program Director Rick Walker also came to Jellinek after having “lost it all” more than once as a dual alcoholic/cocaine addict in his mid-40s. A group counseling session led by Program Director Rick Walker. … The former … Read more on Knoxville Metro Pulse