WASHINGON, DC—Congressmen Raul Labrador (R-ID) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Smarter Sentencing Act on Wednesday, which would significantly reform mandatory minimum drug sentencing policies. The bill, which was introduced as S.1410 in the Senate by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in July, would cut the length of some mandatory minimum drug […]
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SOURCE: Bipartisan Bill to Reform Mandatory Minimums Introduced in U.S. House by Drug Policy Alliance
. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGON, DC—Congressmen Raul Labrador (R-ID) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Smarter Sentencing Act on Wednesday, which would significantly reform mandatory minimum drug sentencing policies. The bill, which was introduced as S.1410 in the Senate by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in July, would cut the length of some mandatory minimum drug […]
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SOURCE: Bipartisan Bill to Reform Mandatory Minimums Introduced in U.S. House by Drug Policy Alliance
. . . . . READ MORETEMECULA, CA – The parents of a 17-year-old special needs student arrested in an undercover police operation announced today they are suing the school district that authorized the operation. The student, who suffers from a range of disabilities, was falsely befriended by a police officer who repeatedly asked the boy to provide him drugs. After […]
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. . . . . READ MOREBALTIMORE, MD – A federal judge in Maryland, saying public attitudes on marijuana have shifted, gave two marijuana traffickers sentences much shorter than prosecutors requested. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar said federal sentencing guidelines that treat marijuana as seriously as heroin and other hard drugs are outmoded, The Baltimore Sun reported. He cited the Obama administration’s decision […]
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SOURCE: Maryland Judge Rejects Marijuana Sentencing Guidelines, Gives Shorter Terms by UPI
. . . . . READ MOREMEXICO CITY, MEXICO – At least six people, including two teenagers, were killed in Mexico last week in a wave of violence at the hands of drug cartels, officials said. On Friday, two teenage brothers, 14 and 15, and their cousin, 19, were shot and killed in the Cuautepec area, El Universal reported. Police said the […]
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SOURCE: Six People Killed in Mexico as Drug War Wages On by UPI
. . . . . READ MORESACRAMENTO, CA — Last weekend, California Gov. Jerry Brown chose to continue the 40 year old failed war on drugs. Brown rejected the national ‘smart on crime’ trend and pragmatic public policy by vetoing Senate Bill 649, which aimed to give judges and district attorneys the discretion to charge possession of small amounts of illicit drugs for […]
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SOURCE: California Gov. Jerry Brown Carries the Torch for the War on Drugs by Lynne Lyman
. . . . . READ MORECARACAS, VENEZUELA – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned last week this his government will shoot down planes using Venezuelan air space to smuggle drugs. The National Assembly passed a law allowing for such actions in May, but it did not go into effect until this month. “Let drug traffickers know that starting today any plane that […]
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SOURCE: Venezuela Says they Will Shoot Down Drug Planes by Phillip Smith
. . . . . READ MOREVANCOUVER, BC – Law enforcement-based efforts criminalizing the possession of illicit substances have largely failed to reduce drug production, potency, or access, according to an assessment of global drug interdiction efforts published online this week by the British Medical Journal. Investigators from Canada and the United States reviewed government data to assess the long-term, global impact of enforcement-based supply reduction intervention […]
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SOURCE: Study: Illicit Drugs Cheaper and More Prevalent Despite Increased Legal Sanctions by Paul Armentano
. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, D.C. — Marijuana arrests continued at near record levels in 2012, and the vast majority of them were for simple possession. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, an estimated 749,824 arrests were made nationwide for marijuana, more than 87% of which were for possession. This is a slight decrease […]
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SOURCE: FBI Study Shows Record High Marijuana Arrests Continue Despite Changing Attitudes by Marijuana Policy Project
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