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Jeremy Scahill at The Intercept has the story about President Trump’s phone call to Philippine President Duterte. TRUMP CALLED RODRIGO DUTERTE TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS MURDEROUS DRUG WAR: “YOU ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB”
“I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” Trump told […]
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@ISSUE: Should we make marijuana legal?
The arguments for and against legalization are debated… by advocate Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and by opponent Kevin A. Sabet, president and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana.
In the last post, Sessions’ Justice Department goes all-in on sentencing, we learned that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has mandated a revival of the discredited “tough-on-crime” charging and sentencing approaches.
And, as comforting as it is to blame Sessions, there’s a more important point.
Sessions is only able to do this because horrendous laws exist.
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Sessions Tells Prosecutors To Seek ‘Most Serious’ Charges, Stricter Sentences
In a memo to staff, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to “charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense” — a move that marks a significant reversal of Obama-era policies on low-level drug crimes. […]
Holder had asked prosecutors to avoid […]
Study on drug-impaired driving gets pushback — from other safety advocates
A week after a report suggesting that drug-impaired driving is moving to the fore of concerns in traffic safety, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) jumped in Monday to express concern that the report could lead the public to believe the country has turned the […]
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