Friday, November 19, 2004

Judges Publicly Question Ridiculous Drug Sentences / [USA] Drug Policy Alliance, 18 Nov 2004

http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/11_18_04judgesquestion.cfm
"If treatment does a better job of helping people with drug problems, why does Congress insist on imposing ever-stiffer prison sentences on them? This is a question the Drug Policy Alliance and other reform groups have been asking for years, but the senior justice for the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals also asked it today in a New York Times opinion piece."