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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 06 > Bad drug policy

Bad drug policy


January 6, 2009

I am writing in support of Betsy Lamb’s Dec. 20 opinion piece stating the need for prison reform.

Today, 55 percent of federal prisoners are serving time for a drug offense, while only 11 percent are incarcerated for a violent offense. A landmark study by the RAND Corporation for the....

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