Commentary: Forget 'bad'-Food Edicts; Target Poverty

Commentary: Forget 'bad'-food edicts; target poverty

Filed under: crack cocaine prices

Following a group of cocaine-exposed babies born during the height of the crack epidemic in Philadelphia between 1989 and 1992, researchers found no significant difference between cocaine-exposed fetuses and controls when it came to markers such as … Read more on Alexandria Town Talk

Holder To Scale Back Use Of Harsh Drug Sentences

Filed under: crack cocaine prices

The U.S. prison population has increased by about one-third since the 1980s, when legislation was passed to get tough on the use of marijuana and crack cocaine. Holder will also announce that older, non-violent inmates will be released if it's … Read more on WBUR