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Reform of harsh sentences in drug cases is both a just and practical step forward

Few would argue at this point that the nation�s decades-old war on drugs has been anything but a wretched failure. It has cost uncounted millions of dollars, sent tens of thousands of people to prison (disproportionately African-American) and helped give this country the world�s largest incarceration rate � and all without putting a dent in drug use. [read the full story here]

Buffalo News, Monday, July 28, 2014
Tags: Correctional Policy & Decision-Making, New York
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