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New ACS brief urging a new approach to drug policy

By Douglas A. Berman

I just received an e-mail alerting me to this new issue brief from the American Constitution Society by Professor Alex Kreit, titled "Toward a Public Health Approach to Drug Policy." Here is the ACS's description of the paper: ACS is pleased to distribute "Toward a Public Health Approach to Drug Policy," an Issue Brief by Alex Kreit, Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.  On March 11, 2009, President Barack Obama announced that he will nominate Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske to be the next director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, also known as the "Drug Czar."  Chief Kerlikowske's nomination comes as we approach the 40th anniversary of the "war on drugs," which followed the passage of the Controlled Substances Act in 1970...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).