"Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling" Illustrates Exploding Incarceration …
... to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling" illustrates exploding incarceration … Mauer, who is executive director of The Sentencing Project and widely considered one of the country's leading experts on the criminal justice system, says the idea for the graphic… Continue reading
Prosecutors: Drug Trafficker Gets 10 Years
... Drug trafficker gets 10 years LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Prosecutors say a federal judge has sentenced one of the leaders of a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking organization based in Abbeville to 10 years in federal prison. … Information from:… Continue reading
Tests Confirm LaECI Inmate Died From Heroin Overdose
... Since those … Read more on The Star Beacon Michael Carroll, Andrew Whittaker – lottery winners who lose it all Michael Carroll: The unemployed Brit blew a $ 15 million jackpot he won in 2002 on cocaine, parties, cars,… Continue reading
Missing Step in Fair Sentencing
... step in fair sentencing The difference in sentences for offenders convicted of possessing crack cocaine and those with powdered cocaine represented one of the more egregious disparities in the criminal justice system before Congress revised the law two years… Continue reading
Decriminalisation of Drugs in Portugal Was Not a Success, Says Dr Manuel …
... Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) between 2001-07, after decriminalisation, more people took cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy, and LSD – but decreased in neighbouring … Read more on Huffington Post UK Heroin use in county on the… Continue reading
“Cocaine Burnt a Hole Through My Nose” – How Drugs Work: Cocaine, Preview – BBC Three
... Work: Cocaine, Preview – BBC Three – More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk A former cocaine user has an operation to repair the hole in his nose caused by regular use of the substance. [wprebay kw=”cocaine+user” num=”0″ ebcat=”-1″] Crack… Continue reading