Drug Laws

Suburb Makes Marijuana A Ticketable Offense

NBC Chicago | Posted 12.02.2008 | Chicago

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South Suburban city Chicago Heights passed a new ordinance Monday making possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana a ticketable offense, NBC Chic...

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American Injustice -- Anthony Williams and New York's Drug Laws

Randy Credico | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Randy Credico

Williams' woeful tale reads like an Americanized version of a Russian novel -- a tome written in four full boxes of records concerning his arrest, interrogation, trial, incarceration and appeals.

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Obama's Approach To Fighting Crime Actually Based On Research

Heather Tirado Gilligan and Nikki Jones | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

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Heather Tirado Gilligan and Nikki Jones

The Obama/Biden plan is neither abstract nor ideological--it targets the root causes of racial disparity in the criminal justice system in the United States.

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Anti Drug War Ad Turns 3 AM Ad On Hillary Clinton

Huffington Post | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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A recent web advertisement has turned around Hillary's original 3 AM ad and turned it into a powerful call for the New York senator to address New Yor...

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A Tale of Two "Drug Dealers": Giuliani's Friend and Me

Malakkar Vohryzek | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Malakkar Vohryzek

I was sentenced to ten years in prison -- more than 10 times the penalty received by Giuliani's friend Thomas Ravenel. Despite this discrepancy, our "criminal" conduct is virtually the same.

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