mandatory minimum sentences

How Long Does Crack Stay in Your System?

...  Home by Giving them One As a result, she says, child protective workers and family court judges are less afraid that if they leave a child in a home, "something terrible will happen, or that they'll be the ones… Continue reading

Oxycodone's Harsh Price

...  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 that needs to be… Continue reading

Two Views on Reducing Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenders

...  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… Continue reading

Marijuana and Drug Laws 2014: Attorney General Eric Holder Endorses

...  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

...  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

...  statistics. … It's … Read more on Daily Beast CNN's Marijuana Poll: 55% Support Legalization According to a new national poll, marijuana is not as wicked as other illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine, and much less dangerous than… Continue reading