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Afghanistan, Plan Colombia and Drug Eradication: Problems and Solutions

Recent increases in opium production in Afghanistan presents a Catch-22 to U.S. policymakers. On the one hand, a November 2006 United Nations and World Bank report found that forced eradication of opium crops is driving poor Afghans into the hands of the Taliban, empowering crime syndicates and destabilizing the country. On the other hand, doing nothing about the heroin trade allows major drug traffickers to enrich themselves unfettered. Is there a third option?

Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy

Congressional Black Caucus Justice and Civil Rights Taskforce and Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School presents Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy: 25th Annive

Capitol Hill Hearing -- Quitting Hard Habits: Efforts to Expand and Improve Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug-Involved Offenders

The Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House of Representative's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is holding this hearing to focus on front-end alternatives to incarceration for drug-invo

Higher Education Act Reform Campaign

Eric Sterling, President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Opening of "Out from the Shadows" Drug Legalization Summit

Eric Sterling, President of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, emcees and describes his visit to Latin America with members of the US Congress while serving as counsel to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. From Out from the Shadows: Ending Drug Prohibition in the 21st Century, February 2003, via YouTube:

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