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Showing posts with label drug policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug policy. Show all posts
Friday, January 22, 2016

Policy evaluation in the news: California's Criminal Sentences. Misdemeanor Penalties. Initiative Statute

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This actually applies to a variety of topics in both 2305 and 2306, including: - federalism. - initiatives. - laboratories of democracy. - p...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

From the Houston Chronicle: Harris County should stop jailing small-time drug offenders

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Here's an opinion piece arguing that the Harris County District Attorney should use her discretion to restrict how it implements one of...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Generational Politics and Attitudes about Marijuana

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This looks like charts showing attitudes about same sex marriage. - Click here for the source .
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

From The Dish: Police State Watch

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Andrew Sullivan reports on a case where a drug sniffing dog made the wrong call . Police were led to believe - incorrectly - that a person ...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Texas Forensic Science Commission finds that the Department of Public Safety crime lab fabricated evidence against drug offenders. The Court of Criminal Appeals is expected to reverse the convictions.

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The story is in myhighplains.com , among other places. Since the criminal justice system in the state is decentralized, each affected county...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Are we at a tipping point in the War on Drugs?

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The successful marijuana initiatives earlier this year may have started something. Here's a look at the impact a new documentary - The...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Who do we send to jail and who do we not?

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A couple recent stories point out the great discrepancies in who gets sent to jail in the US and who does not. 1 - The NYT reports on second...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Feds consider what to do about state marijuana initiatives

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Something to add to the material on federalism: The NYT reports on the Obama Administration's continuing struggles with how to respond t...
Monday, April 4, 2011

Equal Justice?

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Joe Patoski writes about the " Red Headed Exception :" What is it about Willie Nelson, weed and the law? It’s been a question ...
Friday, January 14, 2011

The Limits of National Supremacy

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A note on the selective enforcement of prohibition . A certain consequence of our federal design.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Federalism and California's Prop 19

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Following on a previous post, here are a few links regarding the nation/state issues brought up by California's proposal to legalize mar...