Taking a New Look at the War on Drugs

Published October 26, 2013

Taking a new look at the war on drugs

Filed under: Crack Vs Cocaine Base

The racism of the drug war was most starkly revealed in the differential treatment between crack cocaine and powdered cocaine. In the 1980s, mandatory minimum sentencing laws were passed that used a 100-to-1 differential in the quantity of drugs seized … Read more on Socialist Worker Online

North Branford Police Assist in Arrest of Drug Dealer

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26 by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and crack cocaine. Morales is one of more than 100 individuals charged as a result of … Read more on Patch.com

N. Providence man gets 51 months for trafficking, firearms

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PROVIDENCE – Michael Domenech, 28, of North Providence, was sentenced on Oct. 8 to 51 months in federal prison for trafficking crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha and Col. Steven … Read more on Valley Breeze