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How Long Does Crack Stay in Your System?

Question by Christine J: how long does crack stay in your system? Best answer: Answer by MattIf ur worried about gettin a drug test don’t take crack. Junkie Answer by DavidThe plasma half life of crack cocaine is around 60… Continue reading

Oxycodone's Harsh Price

Oxycodone's harsh price In Florida, two bills in the Legislature address the issue and, if they become law, will take a small but significant step toward readjusting drug-use sentences. We believe they are a good start to the bigger work… Continue reading

Two Views on Reducing Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenders

Two Views On Reducing Sentences For Non-Violent Drug Offenders The number of drug offenders in federal prison has swelled to almost 100,000, many of them under mandatory minimum sentences, which were created in the '80s to combat the crack cocaine… Continue reading

Marijuana and Drug Laws 2014: Attorney General Eric Holder Endorses

Marijuana and Drug Laws 2014: Attorney General Eric Holder Endorses … One result of the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010, which President Obama approved and signed into law, was the reduction of the 100-to-1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder… Continue reading

Mark Brunell: NFL Needs to Crack Down on Marijuana

Mark Brunell: NFL needs to crack down on marijuana On the flip side I have been smoking marijuana for quite a while now. And it doesn't have any of the harsh side effects that poppin pain killers does. Pain killers… Continue reading

The Party of Scrooge

The Party of Scrooge All of them belong to the long-term unemployed—workers who were pushed into joblessness by the recession and its aftermath—and most of them are actively looking for work; otherwise, we wouldn't count them in official unemployment statistics.… Continue reading