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What do you do with addicts who commit crimes? What about drug treatment?
What to do about drug addicts? Lock them up, let them out and watch them commit more crimes? Newsweek has a great article this week arguing that the costs of treating drug addiction in prison saves...
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The Drug War & Civil Rights: ‘The New Jim Crow’
Has the War on Drugs replaced Jim Crow laws as the way to control blacks and other minorities in America? Civil rights scholar Michelle Alexander, an Ohio State University law professor, argues this...
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At International AIDS Conference in Vienna: A call to reform drug policy and...
The International AIDS Conference kicked off today in Vienna, Austria, bringing together more than 25,000 medical professionals, activists and policymakers to discuss ways to fight the global HIV/AIDS...
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Marijuana use is up. So are arrests. What now?
Drug warriors: start your tsk-tsking. A federal government report out today shows that illicit drug use, especially of marijuana, went up in 2009. And who’s to blame? The media, cancer patients and...
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Profit vs. justice: Private prisons, SB1070 & the hijacking of criminal justice
NPR today reported a disturbing tale about how private prison lobbyists helped to craft and push for Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB1070, to help pad their bottom lines. If you haven’t...
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Zoraya’s Story: Drug court offers treatment & hope
A row of plastic coins in silver, red, orange and green are affixed along the side of a mirror in Zoraya Arias’ bathroom at the Center for Hope treatment center in Mesa. There are nine of them – one...
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The rest of the story: Is U.S. drug policy or gun policy responsible for...
Several major media outlets reported Friday that the Mexican government had retained a U.S. law firm to explore a possible civil suit against U.S. gun manufacturers. Phoenix’s 12 News interviewed me...
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New AZ medical pot industry could be targeted by feds
Large-scale marijuana growers and dispensaries in Arizona could be prosecuted under federal law – even if they comply with new regulations governing the state’s fledgling medical marijuana industry. In...
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Portugese drug reform 10 years later: no “illusion” that society will be drug...
July marks the 10-year anniversary of a radical experiment in drug policy in Portugal: complete decriminalization of all drugs. Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to visit Portugal and interview...
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