Drug control law
Attorney General Eric Holder: Change Could Be Coming to U.S. Drug Laws
Today Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce some substantial changes in how low-level drug offenders are prosecuted, overriding pre-existing federal laws that impose mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related offenses. The Justice Department will offer drug treatment programs for low-level offenders instead of jail time and early release for some current elderly inmates who […]
Will Holder’s New Policy on Drug Sentences Transform Criminal Justice?
For nearly 30 years, being “tough on crime” was been part and parcel of successful political campaigns, and in the mid-1980s, Congress began enacting mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses. After that the prison population exploded and some experts shook their heads at what they considered to be misguided drug policy. But as Attorney General […]
Researcher urges U.S. officials to rethink drug policy
Increased incarceration rates in communities with high unemployment and poverty has some researchers questioning the drug policy in the United States. They’re suggesting the drug problem is actually an outgrowth of U.S. drug policy — which needs to be changed.
