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Nkechi_Taifa1_147.mp4 – 25 YEARS OF INJUSTICE: SENTENCING DISPARITIES FOR CRACK AND POWDER COCAINE (Part 1 of 2) They are the same drug, pharmacologically speaking, argues Nkechi Ta…
California Bill Would Give Drug Users Treatment Instead of Prison Time
California Bill Would Give Drug Users Treatment Instead Of Prison Time
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Urine Drug Test
In California, the unlawful possession of certain types of drugs — including crack, heroin and powder cocaine — is automatically classified as a felony, often resulting in many years behind bars. The judge sentenced Romero to three years in prison … Read more on Huffington Post
Thousands dying of thirst on NHS: Watchdog forced to issue guidelines on …
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Urine Drug Test
Legislature Stepping Away From Drug War
Legislature stepping away from drug war
Filed under: crack cocaine users
This bill would add other hard drugs such as crack cocaine, powder cocaine and heroin. It wouldn't affect sellers or manufacturers of hard drugs. Those crimes would remain felonies. And users who steal or rob to finance their drug habits still would … Read more on Los Angeles Times
Six dealers, 22 users arrested in drug roundup
Filed under: crack cocaine users
Detroit Man Sentenced for Dealing Heroin Here
Detroit man sentenced for dealing heroin here
Filed under: crack cocaine sentencing disparity
Officials confiscated a loaded handgun, heroin, crack cocaine and powder cocaine from the vehicle Thompson was driving. Before he can begin serving three 10-year sentences (which are concurrent), Thompson has to continue to serve time determined by … Read more on Huron Daily Tribune
Cave sentenced to 11 years as major drug offender
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Pain & Gain: The True Story
Pain & Gain: the true story
Filed under: Signs Of Crack Cocaine Use
A petty criminal who was battling an addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine, the 31-year-old had recently embraced Christianity and was meant to be getting his life in order. But Weekes was … He was also called upon to sign dozens of documents. He … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk
Obama is not a sign that racism is gone
Filed under: Signs Of Crack Cocaine Use
Federal Judges: Drug Sentences Are Not Just Long, They're Also Way Too …
Federal Judges: Drug Sentences Are Not Just Long, They're Also Way Too …
Filed under: crack cocaine disparity
Another gross disparity in sentencing was not affected by Holder's recent announcement, and it was the topic of another federal judicial opinion this week. Until 2010, sentences imposed for offenses involving crack cocaine — which overwhelmingly … Read more on ThinkProgress
Drug Law’s Addiction to Racial Disparity – ColorLines’ Tammy Johnson applauds the Obama administration’s move to reform drug policy to a health-based approach, and lays down some figures on our curren…
Absolute and Irresponsible Authority
Absolute and Irresponsible Authority
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Use Statistics
When the phenomena of crack cocaine (crack cocaine is just powder cocaine with baking soda, water, and heat) hit the streets, President Reagan signed into law mandatory minimum sentences that disproportionally sentenced users of crack cocaine and users … Read more on Tenth Amendment Center (blog)
Random killings spark laments, but reality shows long slide in crime rate
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A Little Known History of Cocaine (Part 4)
A little known history of cocaine (Part 4)
Filed under: Effects Of Crack Cocaine Addiction
Crack cocaine would fill this need to disastrous effect. However, unlike crack cocaine in the 1980s, powder cocaine was here seen as a glamorous vice, with relatively little moral condemnation from mainstream society. As one Hollywood director … Read more on Thought Leader
Deaths from legal highs soar 80 per cent in just one year
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Runaway Teens at Risk to Become Human Trafficking Victims, Florida Experts Say
Runaway teens at risk to become human trafficking victims, Florida experts say
Filed under: Basic Information On Crack Cocaine
For instance, he said, in 2005, Ronald Evans was arrested for luring homeless people from shelters to a forced labor camp in East Palatka. Evans paid them with alcohol and crack cocaine. Coonan showed a photo of emaciated black men after the federal … Read more on Naples Daily News
Commentary: It's Time to Dream Bigger
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Obama Can Fix the Race Gap in Sentencing Law
Obama Can Fix the Race Gap in Sentencing Law
Filed under: Crack Cocaine
The disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentencing has been the most notorious example of profound racial bias baked into our superficially neutral criminal laws. For decades, federal law punished crack cocaine offenses more severely than … Read more on The Slatest
Panorama – Crack Cocaine UK Documentary 1992 – BBC documentary originally broadcast in 1992 which examines the increase of crack cocaine use in the UK. This programme explores the routes of international …