Drug Policy

Is This the End of the War on Crime?

July 20, 2010
For decades, progressive policy analysts and criminal justice reformers such as Jones have argued that state and federal antidrug and, more generally, "tough on crime" incarceration strategies were counterproductive...(The Nation)

Is this the end of the war on crime?

Drug Control Policy Director Talks Prevention

July 16, 2010
Gil Kerlikowske, President Obama's National Director of Drug Control Policy, talks to NPR about the "war on drugs." Treatment is much more effective than incarceration, he says, and costs half as much.

Click below to listen to Gil Kerlikowske talk about his approach to drug policy with NPR's Michel Martin.

US drug war has met none of its goals

May 13, 2010
After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn't worked. (Associated Press)
By MARTHA MENDOZA

Making the Road by Walking It – Ten Years on the Road with PSJ

April 23, 2010
Take a look back with us at our first 10 years as an organization, starting with our founding as Western Prison Project in 1999, and refresh your memory about or learn about the road we've traveled to become the Partnership for Safety and Justice, an organization with a holistic vision for reform.

Article by Caylor Roling

The New Jim Crow

April 6, 2010
America's drug war has been brutal on the African-American community. In some states, African-Americans comprise 80 percent to 90 percent of all drug offenders sent to prison. (The Nation)
By Michelle Alexander

Senate Reduces Crack Cocaine Disparity

March 18, 2010
Yesterday, for the first time, federal legislation was passed that would reduce the disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentencing. It will now move from the Senate to the House.

In an Historic Move, Senate Reduces Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity

March 17, 2010
The Sentencing Project

Senate bill would reduce sentencing disparities in crack, powder cocaine cases

March 15, 2010
A long-standing dispute over huge disparities in sentencing between crack vs. powdered cocaine appears to be headed for a resolution in Congress.
By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer

It's not a 'war on drugs' anymore

January 19, 2010
The war on drugs is winding down. The director of national drug control policy , R. Gil Kerlikowske, favors prevention and treatment rather than incarceration because it's more effective and less costly. (Oregonian Editorial)
By The Oregonian Editorial Board

Drug courts successful for few who get in

December 8, 2009
It's been 20 years since the first drug court was established in Miami as an innovative way of getting nonviolent offenders out of the criminal justice system and into court-supervised drug rehabilitation programs. (Washington Post)

Drug courts successful for few who get in

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