Drug War Chronicle

Un proyecto para revocar algunas sentencias mínimas obligatorias en Maryland restaurando la condicional ha llegado más lejos hasta ahora que cualquier intento similar hasta la fecha. Pero, vencer aun cuando nuestro caso es el más claro aún es una lucha.

A bill to repeal some mandatory minimum sentences in Maryland by restoring parole has gotten further so far than any similar attempt to date. But winning even when our case is the clearest is still a struggle.

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Acting at the behest of Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, the state of Florida has moved to restore voting rights to most ex-felons.

The war on drugs is one part of a web of international crime control regimes that have developed over centuries. But past definitions of crime and today's are not all the same.

Three positions are now available at the nation's leading harm reduction organization.

Architects are among those who profit from policies that lead to mass incarceration, but one professional grouping is leading a Prison Design Boycott Campaign.

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.

A Georgia fire captain gets caught peddling coke, a pair of New Haven narcs lose their jobs, a former Mississippi police chief cops a plea, and a former Ohio cop goes back to prison.

The NIDA drug library has been closed for budget reasons. The historic collection of more than 12,000 journal volumes and 8,000 books will be dispersed.