Drug Offenders

"The Jim Crow Laws of the 21st Century": Will New York Change?

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics


Odile Weissenborn

In New York, the 36-year-old Rockefeller Drug Laws may be massively overhauled.

Rockefeller Drug Laws and Judicial/Prosecutorial Power Struggle

Emily Jane Goodman | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics


Emily Jane Goodman

Under existing law, despite the public perception of powerful judges, it is the state, through its prosecutors, and not its judges, that calls the shots on judgment day.

Drug Czar of My Dreams

Matt Elrod | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Matt Elrod

A significant reallocation of scarce resources from criminal justice to public health solutions is long overdue, but drug policy is multi-disciplinary and international in scope.