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April 18, 2013 05:49 pm PDT
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Drug Czar pretends the 1.5 million people arrested every year for nonviolent drug offenses don't exist
Tony Newman of the Drug Policy Alliance says: "Yesterday during a nationally televised event at the National Press Club, Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske repeated the federal government’s claim that they ended the war on drugs in 2009 and are now prioritizing drug treatment and prevention over incarceration. They cite an increase for drug treatment in [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/MFmQ95Z1IKk/story01.htm
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