Drug Policy Archives - Samuel Warde, Writer

Think Institutional Racism Isn’t Real? Watch This! (Video)

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“Whites Smoke Pot, but Blacks Are Arrested:” Data Analysis Casts the War on Drugs in a Whole New Light1 “Institutional Racism” is defined as “racism perpetrated by government entities such as schools, the courts or the military. Unlike the racism perpetrated by individuals, institutional racism has the power to negatively affect the bulk of people […]

Justice Department To Free 6,000 Inmates – Largest One-Time Release Ever

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Score a major victory in the war against unfair sentencing guidelines as the Justice Department is set to release thousands of non-violent drug offenders in an effort to relieve prison overcrowding amid criticism regarding mass incarceration. The Washington Post reports that “righting policy wrongs that began during the 80s and 90s,” the Justice department is […]