Drug Policy Question of the Week – 2-21-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 2-21-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3759 Question of the Week: Why have there been so many reports of celebrity overdoses? From Heath Ledger, to Michael Jackson, to Amy Winehouse, […]
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Changing Prisoner Numbers
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 2-15-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 2-15-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3752 Question of the Week: Why have the counts of drug prisoners changed? Government reports are notoriously foggy when it comes to those incarcerated […]
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Drug Prisoners
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 2-6-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 2-6-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3741 Question of the Week: How many people are under the control of the U.S. corrections system for drugs? Various reports from the Bureau […]
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Race and the Drug War
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 1-27-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 1-27-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3725 Question of the Week: What about race and the drug war? According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Hispanics comprised 16.3% of the U.S. […]
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Private Prisons
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 1-18-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 1-18-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3715 Question of the Week: What are private prisons? Last week we talked about the number of people under control of the U.S. criminal […]
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US Criminal Justice System
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 1-11-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 1-11-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3706 Question of the Week: How many people are under the control of the U.S. criminal justice system? An April 2011 report by the […]
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Marijuana Prisoners
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 12-19-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 12-19-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3677 Question of the Week: How many people are in prison for marijuana? Aficionados will recall that there are important statistics in drug policy […]
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Cannabis rescheduling
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 12-15-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 12-15-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3671 Question of the Week: How can cannabis be rescheduled? According to the Congressional Research Service, the current scheduling scheme for various drugs called […]
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Synthetic Cannabinoids
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 11-30-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 11-30-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3650 Question of the Week: What are synthetic cannabinoids? As described in an October 2011 report by Congressional Research Service, “Synthetic cannabinoids are substances […]