Drug Crimes

John Rudolf

Drug Sentencing Reforms Halt Decades of Prison Population Growth

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.29.2011

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NEW YORK -- In 1986, as the crack cocaine epidemic ravaged America's inner cities, a Democratic Congress passed legislation dictating harsh mandatory ...

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GOP Candidate Weighs In On Political Power Of 'Pot Smokers'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.04.2011

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Former New Mexico Governor and GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson told Outside Magazine that legalizing marijuana was a popular political stance....

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Has the Movement Opposing America's Drug War Broken Through to the Mainstream?

Jesse Levine | Posted 08.17.2011

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Jesse Levine

The 40th anniversary of the war on drugs became an opportunity for leaders from diverse backgrounds to emerge with the unified message that the drug war failed.

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What's The Number One Reason For Arrest In New York City?

Posted 05.25.2011

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The NYPD has been unkind to the possessors of 'kind bud'. Marijuana possession was the top reason for arrests in New York city in 2010, according t...

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Report Shows Ugly Racial Disparity In Drug Convictions

The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011

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An African-American convicted of a low-level drug crime in Cook County is eight times more likely than his white counterpart to face prison time for i...

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Where Have All the Black Men Gone?

Michelle Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Alexander

Here's a hint for all those still scratching their heads about those missing black fathers: Look in prison.

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Racial Shift In Drug-Crime Prisoners: More Whites And Fewer Blacks

Washington Post | Darryl Fears | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the first time since crack cocaine sparked a war on drugs 20 years ago, the number of black Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has falle...

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