Man Sentenced to Die Behind Bars for Non-Violent Crime Describes the Day …

Published January 18, 2014

Man Sentenced To Die Behind Bars For Non-Violent Crime Describes The Day …

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Statistics 2009

Both were charged with distributing the same amount of cocaine, but the drug Hernandez sold was crack. At the time, there was a 100-to-1 sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine. So while his supplier only got 12 years in the can, the … Read more on Huffington Post

Is the US the Last Country Still Fighting the Drug War?

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Statistics 2009

The government's hope is that the new program will kill off the black market and allow police to focus on more serious illicit drugs like cocaine and its wicked cousin, base cocaine—the highly addictive crack-like drug. … The road to legalization in … Read more on The New Republic