The ACLU has started a campaign to end the 100:1 crack cocaine sentencing disparity.
It’s Not Fair. It’s Not Working,
Published by Jason Schwartz
I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time. View all posts by Jason Schwartz
I wanted to comment on this piece of news as soon as I ran by it..I was catching up with my daily blogging and caught sight of this article on Global Grind’s myspace blog..y’all should check it out if you get a chance, really easy to work it and saves me so much time http://blog.myspace.com/theglobalgrind. Anyways, there are so many other laws out there that need a lot of attention and revision and it’s silly that we focus on this type of law. I’m in no way saying the law is just or doesn’t need any modifications, but mainly that those people are criminals to begin with, while there are other that are in similar positions for not doing anything! Yes, those drug dealers may not deserve all that time locked up, but they did commit a crime in the first place. I just feel like we should focus on laws that help non-criminals out instead.