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President Obama Refocusing To End 'War On Drugs' — Will It Work?

Chris Reynolds — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:03:01 +0000

President Barack Obama and his administration have decided to do something about the “War on Drugs”. It’s a program that was started during the 1980s with the Reagan administration. Some felt it was very lopsided and unfair when it came to the rights of people who chose to either use or sell drugs and their [...]

Do You Think President Obama Will Seriously Address The War On Drugs This Term? [VIDEO] [POLL] KTSCW

Chris Reynolds — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:59:01 +0000

Cruel and unequal, how our penal system mass produces second class citizens. People of all colors use and sell drugs at similar rates. Yet, African American adults are ten times more likely than whites to go to prison on drug charges. A look at the social effects of mass incarceration—by Michelle Alexander It’s a social [...]

Is It Time For New York State To Reform Its Drug Sentencing Laws? [POLL]

Chris Reynolds — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:38:03 +0000

Michelle Alexander is the author of the 2010 novel The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness in fact we have featured topics from her book on Know thyself Community Wednesday.

In her book she says that there are more black men behind bars or under the watch of the criminal justice system than there were enslaved in 1850.