Signs of Progress Emerge in Reform of the System of Justice in America

Published March 22, 2014

Signs of Progress Emerge In Reform of the System Of Justice in America

Filed under: crack cocaine users

The 100-to-one greater penalty for crack than for powder cocaine use was in large measure simple discrimination against African Americans, and it was generally assumed that the first black president and attorney general in American history would … Read more on New York Sun

Bloomington police: 2 adults, 1 teen arrested in connection with drug sales

Filed under: crack cocaine users

Two adults and one teenager face preliminary charges of dealing in a narcotic drug after Bloomington police say they found almost 40 individually wrapped bags of crack cocaine while serving a search warrant Tuesday evening. Investigators used a … Read more on The Herald-Times (subscription)

Honest writing keeps addiction drama afloat

Filed under: crack cocaine users

Odessa (a very sad-eyed Charin Alvarez) is running a online recovery chatroom for pseudonymous users of crack cocaine. Fountainhead (Daniel Cantor, making himself more vulnerable than I've seen him do before), a former trader, is one of her members, … Read more on Chicago Tribune