Sentencing for Belpre Man Postponed

Sentencing for Belpre man postponed

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An Athens County judge could choose to revoke that supervision and send Stephens to prison because he violated probation when he was arrested Feb. 2 in Belpre for trafficking in crack cocaine. If supervision is revoked, it could effect Stephens … Read more on Marietta Times

 

Public policy: Are we safer now?

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In New York City, there were 2,262 murders in 1992, at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic. In 2012, there were 417. A similar strategy led … “The incapacitation effect this has had is real and proven,” he says. “That's the sort of thing that … Read more on Financial Times

 

Next on Minnesota's social agenda: Marijuana

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Given all the talk of compassion coming from those in government these days, the idea of denying terminally ill patients the only substance they say brings relief from excruciating pain — placebo effect or not — seems absurd and more than a bit cruel … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune