Rethinking and Reforming the War on Drugs

Rethinking and Reforming the War on Drugs
The majority, however, of those who deal and use crack cocaine aren't violent-prone gang members, but poor, and increasingly female, young blacks. They clearly need treatment, not long prison stretches. It's also a myth that powder cocaine is benign … Read more on Highbrow Magazine

Oakland Tribune editorial: President Obama aids in erosion of privacy rights
It's about a Massachusetts man who, in 2007, appeared to be selling crack cocaine from his car and had with him what amounts to a primitive flip phone. Police arrested him, seized his phone and found his address and the names of people he had been … Read more on Inside Bay Area