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enTime For A New Strategy in the War On Drugs
http://centerforsocialjustice.org/press_reports/criminal_justice_reform/time_for_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_drugs
An article by Bruce Ramsey in the Seattle Times on June 15, 2005. <i></i><p><i>"Is it Time to End the War on Drugs?" The King County Bar Association gave that title to a report in 2001, and now has put out a study that answers, yes. The study, "Effective Drug Control," argues that the use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs be considered health problems instead of crimes, and that government manage, inform and help people instead of putting them in prison.</i>
</p><p>Read <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002336099_rams15.html" target="_blank" title="Link to the Seattle Times">Time For A New Strategy in the War on Drugs</a> on the Seattle Times website.</p>Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:46:24 -0400An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy
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<p>Published by a conservative think-tank, the American Enterprise
Institute for Public Policy Research, this book looks at the war on
drugs using a market framework.</p>The <a href="http://www.aei.org/books/bookID.812,filter.all/book_detail.asp" target="_blank" title="Full-text available on AEI's website">full-text of An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy</a> is available online.<br />
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:19:47 -0400Youth Respond To Challenge By Prof. Jeffrey Sachs On The Millennium Development Goals
http://centerforsocialjustice.org/press_reports/movement_building/youth_respond_to_challenge_by_prof_jeffrey_sachs_on_the_millennium_development_goals
Youth are Key to Development, States New Report, To be Released April 19 at United Nations Headquarters<br />
<br />
New York City, USA (19 April, 2005) – When asked how the United Nations
intended to involve young people as partners in achieving the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Professor Jeffrey Sachs’ reply
last spring was: “You tell us!” <br />
Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:41:32 -0400CSJ Exective Director, Daniel Merkle, speaks on behalf of Sherelyn Anderson
http://centerforsocialjustice.org/press_reports/criminal_justice_reform/ex_addict_who_turned_life_around_faces_prison_her_supporters_criticize_drug_laws
<div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img src="image/view/274" /></div><p>Daniel Merkle hugs Sherelyn Anderson the day before her sentencing at the King County Superior Court for a 2001 drug case. <a title="Seattle Post-Intelligencer article" href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/218425_drugconvict01.html" target="_blank">The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.</a>
</p>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:32:54 -0400Lawmakers rethinking hard line on sentencing of young offenders
http://centerforsocialjustice.org/press_reports/criminal_justice_reform/lawmakers_rethinking_hard_line_on_sentencing_of_young_offenders
<p>Heather Opel was 13 and felt cooped up inside the Snohomish County
juvenile-detention center. When a prosecutor told her that Echo Glen
Children's Center has a big outdoor exercise area and that's where
she'd be sent if she admitted she helped kill her mother's employer,
pleading guilty didn't seem like a big deal. <font color="#333333">(04-14-05)</font></p>
Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:14:11 -0400Lawmakers look to fund new prison
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OLYMPIA -- State lawmakers are planning to fund a $185 million medium-security prison in Franklin County to house Washington's growing inmate population and address overcrowding.
<font color="#666666">(02-24-05)</font><br /><br />Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:01:39 -0400Constructing an alternative to our lock-'em-up mentality
http://centerforsocialjustice.org/press_reports/criminal_justice_reform/constructing_an_alternative_to_our_lock_em_up_mentality
Prisons are criminally expensive to build and operate. <br /><br />The crush of prisoners locked up in Washington has the state Legislature in earnest conversation about a new prison. The round number is $188 million. <br /><br />Another parallel and refreshing conversation is going on about who gets locked up and how long they should be held. <font color="#666666">(02-11-05)</font>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:20:24 -0400National movement favors rehabilitation of prisoners
http://centerforsocialjustice.org/press_reports/criminal_justice_reform/national_movement_favors_rehabilitation_of_prisoners
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - By insisting that California make rehabilitation a focus of prison life, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is joining a national movement of political leaders who believe it is time for a new approach to incarceration. <font color="#666666">(03-28-05)</font><br /><br />Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:30:47 -0400$2.8 billion for construction in governor's budget package
http://centerforsocialjustice.org/press_reports/criminal_justice_reform/2_8_billion_for_construction_in_governors_budget_package
OLYMPIA - Gov. Christine Gregoire is proposing a $2.8 billion construction boom and endorses her predecessor's proposal to let private investors build a new state prison. <br /><br />The governor also is proposing a supplemental state budget of $219 million to tide the state over until the new fiscal year begins on July 1. <font color="#666666">(03-23-05)</font>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:32:56 -0400A Fix For Vancouver's Addicts
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In February, Vancouver became the first city in North America to begin clinical trials for heroin prescription. This step, which required an exemption of Section 56 of the Controlled Drug and Substances Act, came a year and a half after Vancouver had opened North America's first safe injection site.<br /><br />Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:34:32 -0400