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Illegal Drug Possession: Say OK to Drugs – Nassau Guardian

Illegal Drug Possession: Say OK to drugs – Nassau Guardian


Nassau Guardian

Say OK to drugs
Nassau Guardian
Human Rights Watch's 2009 report, “Decades of Disparity” shows that between 1980 and 2007, blacks were as much as 5 times more likely to be charged for drug possession. In 2003 50 percent of those in prison on drug possession are black.

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Illegal Drug Possession – Google News

Illegal Drug Possession: Point/Counterpoint: Should states legalize drug use? – Palm Beach Post (blog)

Point/Counterpoint: Should states legalize drug use?
Palm Beach Post (blog)
Other countries have had far more success treating drug use as a public health issue than a criminal one. In the five years after Portugal abolished all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs, illegal drug use among teens declined;

Illegal Drug Possession – Google News

Illegal Drug Possession: Trio arrested in Ramona heroin sales post bonds – Ramona Sentinel