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Crime News: National Study Shows Reverse in Decade-Long Declines in Teen Abuse of Drugs

March 4, 2010

Gentlereaders: One of the astounding findings from the last 10 to 20 years is the decrease in criminality across a wide variety of measures from reported crimes to crime surveys to drug use to abused kids to many additional measures.
But the data below is disturbing. A basic tenant of criminology is the connection between drug [...]

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11 Percent of Prison Inmates Get Drug Treatment: Crime Statistics

March 3, 2010

Gentlepeople: The report below states that 11 percent of prison inmates who need it receive drug treatment. It repeats findings of earlier studies.
The same dilemma exists for inmates with mental health issues; the vast majority do not receive treatment. Ditto for offenders with educational and occupational deficiencies.
The Pew Center for the States, the Sentencing Project and [...]

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Monitoring the Future of Drug Use:Survey of Students and Young Adults: Crime Statistics

February 8, 2010

Monitoring the Future: A Mix of Good News, Troubling Trends–Results of the 2009–Monitoring the Future (MTF) study:
 
Show decreases among some grades in the use of cocaine, methamphetamine, and hallucinogens. The MTF data also document the disturbing prevalence of abuse among teens of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. They show, for example, that seven of the ten [...]

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Drug Policy: Time For A New Era?

November 13, 2009

For the full story, see http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/03/national/main5515569.shtml
Jim Webb Says America’s Justice System Is Broken and Drug Policy Is Largely to Blame; Is Portugal’s Liberal Approach a Model?

By Ken Millstone

The last few months are “the first time I’ve ever felt that the wind is at my back and not in my face” when it comes to drug [...]

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