Reduce prison drugs, police urge
26-November-2004, United Kingdom, BBC News
Senior police officers are urging the government to do more to cut the amount of illegal drugs smuggled into prisons.
Nottinghamshire Deputy Chief Constable Howard Roberts has told the Home Office that chances to change inmates' lifestyles are ...
DRUG NATION
24-November-2004, United Kingdom, Mirror.co.uk
ANY DISCUSSION of Britain's worsening drug problem is riddled with stereotypes. But behind the labels of user, addict and dealer are the human stories of those involved in the costly trade.
Here, a range of people whose lives have been influenced ...
A Prohibition-Style Crime Wave
23-November-2004, United States, Alternet
The more the government spends on the drug war, the more violent crime increases. One researcher says eliminating drug prohibition could reduce the homicide rate by up to 75 percent.
The U.S. government spends $33 billion annually on the "war ...
Women Plead Guilty To Selling Drugs At Ft. Bragg
18-November-2004, United States, NBC 17 News
Two woman have pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell marijuana and cocaine at Fort Bragg.
Patricia Jean Hamilto, 18, and Maliza Castro, 20, entered their pleas Monday in federal court in New Bern. They face sentencing Feb. 22 and each could ...
More women in U.S. prisons than ever
07-November-2004, United States, The Globe and Mail
Washington — The number of women in state and federal prisons is at an all-time high and growing fast, with the incarceration rate for females increasing at nearly twice that of men, the government reported Sunday.
There were 101,179 women in ...
Hovde on target
03-November-2004, Canada, The Colombian
Hurray for Elizabeth Hovde's Oct. 21 opinion column, "War on pot burns time, tax dollars." Finally someone using logic instead of emotion to address the issue of legalization of marijuana. Though I do not agree with her opinions of those who use ...
Prison Issues, Drug War Hardly Factor Into ...
01-November-2004, United States, The New Standard
With over two million people behind bars, the US has a higher percentage of its citizens and residents locked up than does any other country. And as those incarceration rates continue to disproportionately hit communities of color and low-income ...
Marijuana Arrests at All-Time High, Far Exceed ...
29-October-2004, United States, DRC Net
The FBI reported Saturday that the number of arrests for violations of the marijuana laws hit an all-time high of 755,186 in 2003. Despite a decade of marijuana law reforms and protestations by police chiefs across the land that marijuana is not a ...
California Initiative to Rein-In Three-Strikes ...
22-October-2004, United States, DRC
Ten years ago, California voters frightened by violent crime and led by politicians who manipulated that fear voted to enact what is popularly known as the three-strikes-you're-out law. Under three-strikes, persons with two previous violent or ...
Accused cocaine dealers could lose homes, ...
21-October-2004, United States, The News Item
WILLIAMSPORT — A Coal Township man and a Sunbury resident, who were among seven defendants indicated in August as part of a grand investigation into a drug ring that stretches from Northumberland County to the West Coast, are in danger of having ...
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