Labrador Seeks Reform of Drug Sentencing Laws
Labrador seeks reform of drug sentencing laws
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Raul Labrador speaks about his bill that would end mandatory minimum prison sentences for low-level drug offenders prosecuted in federal court. … "There's a move in Washington, D.C., to completely get rid of the sentencing guidelines, but I don't … Read more on The Idaho Statesman
Bikies Inc: how police sting revealed clubs' bid to amass a legal war chest
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Federal Sentencing Guidelines
What’s Next for Sentencing Reform?, Part 3
What’s Next for Sentencing Reform?, part 3 – In May, Governor Ritter signed into law six criminal justice reform bills generated out of the work of the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justi…
The Drug War's Crossroads
Filed under: crack cocaine sentencing
While Vance's view is conventional within law-enforcement circles, drug-policy experts assert that the criminalization of crack and other drugs fuels a cycle of mass incarceration and continued drug use. Statistics from the Drug Policy … A Brooklyn … Read more on Jackson Free Press
Award-Winning Documentary: Drug War Continues to Target the Poor
Award-Winning Documentary: Drug War Continues to Target the Poor
Filed under: how addictive is crack cocaine
However, collateral damage in families of convicts and disillusionment among weary officers is, like addiction, only a surface symptom. Mike Carpenter, chief of security at Lexington Corrections in Virginia, has a highly … class and racial tensions … Read more on IVN News
Ford wants to stay on as mayor
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8 Things We Won't Miss When Pot Is Legal Everywhere
8 Things We Won't Miss When Pot is Legal Everywhere
Filed under: marijuana addiction
The cops will use your arrest and "bust" as evidence the drug war is working and rehabitionists will use your going to rehab as evidence that there's a growing marijuana addiction problem in America. All the while the bombs continue to kill brown … Read more on TIME
Marijuana Addiction & Abuse –
Maine Voices: Pot ads on buses are sending the wrong, and incorrect, message
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Operation Street Smart Seminar Offered
Operation Street Smart seminar offered
Filed under: physiological effects of methamphetamine
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. The seminar will provide current narcotics information on trends, terminology, paraphernalia and physiological effects. It will include actual examples of current designer street drugs such as XTC, LSD, GHB … Read more on Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Combining Biochemical Pathways to Longevity: Toward a Recipe for the Youth Pill
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Taking a New Look at the War on Drugs
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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Experts Differ Over Success of US Policies Concerning Drug Enforcement
Experts differ over success of US policies concerning drug enforcement
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Statistics United States
On the surface, the statistics suggest the United States is finally advancing in the War on Drugs it has waged since the days of the Nixon administration. The percentage of federal prisoners serving time for drug offenses declined from 63 percent in … Read more on Monroe News Star
Mexico Drug Wars Don't Scare Hotel Investors: Real Estate
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Lifting Ban on Cocaine Plant Can Help Millions of Lives, MPs Told
Lifting ban on cocaine plant can help millions of lives, MPs told
Filed under: what makes cocaine addictive
It is still made in Latin America where it is advertised as an anti-depressant and a tonic alleviating colds and sore throats. Oil Coca leaves contain methyl salicylate, an essential oil used in mouthwash and in treating aching muscles. Cocaine … Read more on The Independent
Zac Efron Rehab: Following Cocaine Addiction Star Purchases Party House …
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Maine Battles Back in Drug Abuse Epidemic
Maine battles back in drug abuse epidemic
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In 2012, the state of Maine was facing an epidemic of 58 pharmacy robberies to feed an "opiate tidal wave" of prescription drug use and abuse. That number plummeted in 2013, to only eight so far this year — for reasons officials say include a shift in … Read more on Seacoastonline.com
Health insurer addresses prescription drug abuse
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