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The NAACP joined Attorney General Holder and others in testifying before the U.S. Sentencing Commission and Congress regarding the disparate impact of crack cocaine laws on the African American community. … Fetch Full Source
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The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information Query: What is African–American literature. Query: Who was Ernest Hemingway Query: What is “crack cocaine” Query: Is marijuana addictive … Read Full Source
Substance Abuse In Rural African– American Populations
Problems associated with crack cocaine use has compounded the substance abuse problem in the African–American population (Carlson community well-being suggest that rural black communities may be as vulnerable as their urban counterparts. … Fetch Doc
Teaching Notes: African American Women And Substance Abuse Issues
Up to the Cooperative Agreement for the AIDS Community-Based Outreach/Intervention Research Program funded by NIDA. Sample consisted of 355 African American From a strengths perspective, African American crack-using women use women, 94% African American, cocaine and polysubstance abusing. … Read Document
Testimony Of Marc Mauer – Prepared For The House Judiciary …
CRACK COCAINE AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY . The impact of crack cocaine policy on the African American community has been devastating. While two-thirds of regular crack cocaine users in the United States are … Visit Document
The Impact Of Institutional Racism On The African American
Mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine are an example of institutional racism that primarily effects the African American substance abuse population. A better solution to putting drug users in prison is utilizing a whole range of possible family and community … View Document
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21 accounting concerning allegations of CIA involvement in the crack cocaine introduction 22 and trafficking in the African–American community, Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke's call for a … View Document
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Alice, a slender, thirty-two-year-old African American second child began experimenting with crack cocaine. those of the community consultants who assisted with many of the sessions and who, with the exception of one Hispanic woman, were all African American. … Read Content
Federal Sentencing Policy – Feb 1995
He also said that he is "seriously concerned about what the violence associated with crack cocaine is specifically doing to the African–American community." … Fetch This Document
Developing A Family Intervention To Reduce Substance Use And …
And Their African–American Mothers Who Use Crack Cocaine: The Importance of Cultural Adaptations Children of substance abusers (COSA) are at increased risk of becoming substance abusers themselves. Community samples of African–American mothers who use crack … Access Document
ACLU USSC Comments
Increasingly dedicated to the African American community. In 1986, before the enactment of federal mandatory minimum sentencing for crack cocaine offenses, the average federal drug sentence for African Americans was 11% higher than for whites. … Doc Retrieval
Cultural Points Of Resistance To The 12-Step Recovery Process
In 1988, as a preamble to AAEFP, Glide initiated a “Facts on Crack” cocaine education program as an innovative approach to address the drug problem in the African–American community. … Read More
April 15-16, 1999 Washington, D.C. – The Crisis Of The Young …
In recent years much attention has also been devoted to discussion of the federal crack/cocaine the declining number of marriageable men in the African American community. … Document Viewer
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A SAMPLE LETTER IS ATTACHED THE MESSAGE: ♦ The current 100:1 crack / powder cocaine sentencing ratio has had a disproportionate and devastating impact on the African American community. ♦ Everyone seems to agree that crack cocaine use is higher among Caucasians than any other group. … Retrieve Content
Testimony Of Marc Mauer Executive Director The Sentencing Project
COMMUNITY The impact of this policy on the African American community has been nothing less than devastating. While two-thirds of regular crack cocaine users in the United … Doc Retrieval
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To not apply the sentencing changes for crack cocaine retroactively would perpetuate, and perhaps even intensify, the sense of injustice among the African American community and other communities of color. … Read Full Source
History Of Mental Health
Crack cocaine’s devastating effect on the African American community Managing People’s Choice & Power-Law Distributions – 80/20 rule LAPD and bell curves extreme concentration of bad officers Homeless people: 80% in and out in 1 day 10% “episodic users” 3 weeks at a time … View Doc