Drug War Chronicle

La Comisión de Penas de los EE.UU. ha ajustado las normas de condenación para permitir que los infractores por crack reciban menos tiempo de reclusión en prisión federal. Mientras tanto, se acumula la presión para que el Congreso trate de la infame disparidad entre las penas para la piedra y el polvo de cocaína.

La Oficina de Estadísticas de la Justicia ha lanzado un informe que muestra que los conductores negros e hispanos tienen más chances de ser sometidos a búsquedas vehiculares que los blancos, pero dice que no puede concluir que la culpa es de la discriminación racial. También carece de números de suma importancia que podrían plantear el cuestionamiento.

One of the hot topics in the criminal justice reform arena these days is felony disenfranchisement. An in-depth web site launched this week now provides pro and con arguments on the issue from more than 80 authorities.

Rhode Island is set to make its medical marijuana law permanent, after a bill to do so passed both houses of the legislature this week by veto-proof margins.

E-mails and phone calls are urgently needed to certain US senators to help repeal a bad law at the juncture of drug policy and education.

An important new book debunks literally years of statistical legerdemain by the nation's central drug policy office -- and is DRCNet's latest premium for our members.

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