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There was no wave of compassion when addicts were hooked on crack
“New York’s Cardozo Law School Professor Ekow Yankah compares today’s approach to heroin users to the tough-on-crime response a few decades ago to those using crack cocaine.” Click here to hear the PBS News Hour interview.
Read MoreHow a racist hate-monger masterminded America’s War on Drugs
Laura Smith describes the role of Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, whose racist views were instrumental in the criminalization of drug use. He targeted jazz musicians in particular. His agents hounded Billie Holiday until her…
Read MoreWe Are 1844 No More, Rally on February 26, 2018
Monday at 11 AM – 12 PM, New Jersey State House, 125 W State St, Trenton
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