| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| George S. Yacoubian, Jr., Ph.D. |
THE COALESCENCE OF LAW AND SCIENCE IN AN ERA OF SCHOOL DRUG TESTING: BEYOND VERNONIA, EARLS, AND JOYE |
27 Journal of Juvenile Law 1 (2006) |
Two Supreme Court decisions have upheld the constitutionality of drug testing in public schools: Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton and the Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls. In Vernonia, the Court upheld the constitutionality of random drug testing for students who participate in school... |
2006 |
| Nancy D. Campbell |
THE CONSTRUCTION OF PREGNANT DRUG-USING WOMEN AS CRIMINAL PERPETRATORS |
33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 463 (January, 2006) |
[W]hat the law tells us to do is not as important as what the law tells us to be. Despite clear lack of intent to harm those whom they carry, drug-using pregnant women have been constructed as de facto criminal perpetrators. When women become noticeably unable or unwilling to carry out their assigned social roles and responsibilities as parents,... |
2006 |
| Jeffrey Fagan , Garth Davies , Jan Holland |
THE PARADOX OF THE DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM IN NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC HOUSING |
13 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 415 (Fall, 2006) |
In recent years, violence and public housing have been closely linked in political and popular cultures; to many, public housing symbolizes the dangers of inner city urban life. Built mainly in the 1950s and 1960s to assist the poor and working poor to escape slum conditions, most housing projects are clusters of high-rise towers that were placed... |
2006 |
| Major Keven Jay Kercher |
TIME FOR ANOTHER HAIRCUT: A RE-LOOK AT THE USE OF HAIR SAMPLE TESTING FOR DRUG USE IN THE MILITARY |
188 Military Law Review 38 (Summer, 2006) |
The Army's urinalysis program has made great strides in reducing drug use in the military ranks. However, the current military operational tempo and the prevalence of illegal drugs in local communities warrant a more comprehensive approach to eliminating drug use in the service. An annual national drug survey by the U.S. Department of Health and... |
2006 |
| Jeffery A. Addicks |
TULIA: RACE, COCAINE, AND CORRUPTION IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN BY NATE BLAKESLEE PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 2005, 408 PAGES |
44-DEC Houston Lawyer 46 (November/December, 2006) |
In the summer of 1999, the arrests for alleged distribution of powdered cocaine of over 40 people, mostly black and mostly poor, in and around the small west Texas town of Tulia, Texas was front page news in the local community newspaper. Four years later, these arrests and the subsequent convictions of these individuals would become the subject of... |
2006 |
| Monique Rizer |
TULIA: RACE, COCAINE, AND CORRUPTION IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN BY NATE BLAKESLEE PUBLIC AFFAIRS, NEW YORK, NY, 2005. 450 PAGES, $26.95 |
53-MAY Federal Lawyer 69 (May, 2006) |
In a world where most of us hear only sound bites about the latest cause célèbre on 60 Minutes or Dateline, Tulia is a sight for sore eyes and discerning minds. Nate Blakeslee delivers the details of what happened in the small Texas town when a white undercover officer accused 47 defendants -- most of them African-American and most of them... |
2006 |
| Deleso Alford Washington |
"EVERY SHUT EYE, AIN'T SLEEP": EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF CRACK COCAINE SENTENCING AND THE ILLUSION OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FOR BLACK WOMEN FROM A CRITICAL RACE FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE |
13 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 123 (2005) |
Introduction. 124 I. Black Women Standing at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender. 125 A. Critical Race Feminist Perspective. 126 B. Her-storical Lens. 126 II. Crack Cocaine Sentencing of Black Mothers and its Intergenerational Impact. 126 Conclusion. 126 |
2005 |
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A PRESCRIPTION FOR BETTER DRUG TRIALS |
41-MAR Trial 54 (March, 2005) |
When a hugely popular drug like Vioxx is pulled from the market, or a black-box warning is added to the label of an antidepressant, many consumers wonder why these products' side effects were not detected earlier; before thousands of users were exposed to potentially serious harm. The answer may lie in what many consumer and public health advocates... |
2005 |
| Jeff Yates , Todd A. Collins , Gabriel J. Chin |
A WAR ON DRUGS OR A WAR ON IMMIGRANTS? EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF "DRUG TRAFFICKING" IN DETERMINING AGGRAVATED FELON STATUS FOR NONCITIZENS |
64 Maryland Law Review 875 (2005) |
In this Article we assess competing interpretations of the Immigration and Nationality Act's aggravated felony provisions, specifically the determination of what state drug offenses properly constitute aggravated felonies, thus subjecting noncitizens to deleterious collateral immigration consequences, including deportation. This issue is considered... |
2005 |
| Katherine Y. Barnes |
ASSESSING THE COUNTERFACTUAL: THE EFFICACY OF DRUG INTERDICTION ABSENT RACIAL PROFILING |
54 Duke Law Journal 1089 (March, 2005) |
This Article investigates the costs and benefits of racial profiling in the context of drug interdiction. I begin by reviewing the empirical economic and civil rights literature regarding the existence and rationality of racial profiling and then build an explicit model of a trooper's decision to search a stopped vehicle. Estimating the model using... |
2005 |
| Melissa T. Aoyagi |
BEYOND PUNITIVE PROHIBITION: LIBERALIZING THE DIALOGUE ON INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY |
37 New York University Journal of International Law & Politics 555 (Spring 2005) |
We are all deeply concerned about the threat that drugs pose to our children, our fellow citizens and our societies. There is no choice but to work together, both within our countries and across borders, to reduce the harms associated with drugs. The United Nations has a legitimate and important role to play in this regard--but only if it is... |
2005 |
| Ellen M. Weber |
BRIDGING THE BARRIERS: PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES FOR EXPANDING DRUG TREATMENT IN COMMUNITIES |
57 Rutgers Law Review 631 (Winter 2005) |
Introduction. 632 Part I. Alcohol and Drug Dependence: The Public Health Perspective. 638 A. The Disease and the Treatment. 638 B. Treatment Efficacy. 640 C. Treatment Accessibility. 644 Part II. National Policies that Promote NIMBY. 648 Part III. Civil Rights Laws and Zoning Discrimination. 656 A. Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act... |
2005 |
| E. Michelle Tupper |
CHILDREN LOST IN THE DRUG WAR: A CALL FOR DRUG POLICY REFORM TO ADDRESS THE COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS OF FAMILY |
12 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 325 (Summer, 2005) |
Family treatment really taught me to live again. Not just exist, but live. ~ Carolette Sweatt, mother in recovery The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Current drug policy has failed to control illegal substance abuse in the United States at the cost of untreated addiction, depleted budgets,... |
2005 |
| Lynn M. Paltrow |
GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSES TO PREGNANT WOMEN WHO USE ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUGS |
8 DePaul Journal of Health Care Law 461 (AMA Special Issue 2005) |
Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s the media gave extraordinary coverage to the war on drugs. News reports were typically presented in extremely alarmist terms, reporting crack as a plague that was eating away at the fabric of America. Such claims were routinely made despite the lack of evidence to support them. Unsupported and... |
2005 |
| Michael B. Losow, Esq. |
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE & RACE-BASED DRUG DEVELOPMENT: ADDRESSING MINORITY HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES IN AN ETHICALLY CHARGED AREA |
20 Saint John's Journal of Legal Commentary 15 (Fall 2005) |
Thank you. I would like to start by saying that any of the nice slides you see in here I owe directly to Doctor Francis Collins, who has just recently done a similar speech and lent me his slide show. One of the things you learn in law school is that you are supposed to be prepared, but, as you see, as I go through the slides that I put together,... |
2005 |
| Benton Brooks Bodamer |
PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES, DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, AND THE WAR ON "DRUGS": LAW, MYTH, AND TRADITION AS THE SOCIAL CONTROL OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
66 Ohio State Law Journal 1311 (2005) |
Human consciousness has long been a target of social regulation. From the religious control of ritual substances like peyote to the explicit statutory restriction of everything from cocaine to prescription drugs, the need to control substances that change consciousness has evolved into a complex body of laws and practices. The laws governing... |
2005 |
| Terry Gibbs , Garry Leech |
RACE AND CLASS DIMENSIONS OF THE WAR ON DRUGS: A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS |
3 Rutgers Journal of Law & Urban Policy 62 (Fall, 2005) |
The U.S. war on drugs has been waged along class and race lines, both domestically and internationally. Rather than finding long-term solutions to the social development issues in target communities, drug policy has exacerbated problems of poverty and social marginalization. This paper examines how the war on drugs has prejudicially targeted poor... |
2005 |
| New Jersey, Commission, to Review, Criminal, Sentencing, December 2005 |
REPORT ON NEW JERSEY'S DRUG FREE ZONE CRIMES & PROPOSAL ON REFORM |
Federal Sentencing Reporter (Unknown) |
On April 23, 1987, former Governor Thomas Kean signed into law the Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987 (The Act), a sweeping revamping of New Jersey's criminal drug laws. The Act at once: 1) consolidated and revised all criminal drug statutes, many of which prior to 1986 were situated outside of New Jersey's Code of Criminal Justice; 2)... |
2005 |
| Annalisa A. Jabaily |
SHIPS PASSING IN THE NIGHT: MAPPING THE TRADE ROUTES BETWEEN THE WAR ON DRUGS AND THE WAR ON TERROR |
15 Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 1 (Fall 2005) |
I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong. No Vietcong has ever called me a nigger. -Muhammed Ali It sounds like the beginning of a racist joke: What do an African American and an Arab American have in common? Many jokes, including racist ones, begin by comparing two seemingly incomparable things (or races). This particular question, however,... |
2005 |
| Katherine Culliton |
THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO ADVERTISING ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE |
16 Berkeley La Raza Law Journal 71 (Fall 2005) |
The impact of alcohol and tobacco advertising on the Latino community is a health issue, and as this paper will discuss, also a civil rights issue. Tobacco and alcohol use have not always been viewed in this way. For example, during the Prohibition Era of the 1920's, alcohol abuse was considered a moral issue. Attitudes in this country towards... |
2005 |
| MaryBeth Lipp |
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE "WAR ON DRUGS": COMPARING THE CONSEQUENCES OF SENTENCING POLICIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND |
37 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 979 (Spring 2004) |
While the Bush Administration continues to fight the war on terrorism abroad, a long-waged battle continues at home as fervently as ever. Rather than diverting resources and attention away from the war on drugs, the war on terror has renewed interest in U.S. domestic drug policies. The White House has promoted the most recent National Drug... |
2004 |
| Eric J. Miller |
EMBRACING ADDICTION: DRUG COURTS AND THE FALSE PROMISE OF JUDICIAL INTERVENTIONISM |
65 Ohio State Law Journal 1479 (2004) |
This article analyzes two of the central claims made on behalf of drug courts: that they divert offenders from incapacitatory prison regimes and that they treat drug addicts. Taken together, these claims form the central justification of the drug court's existence and the basis of the court's unusual style of procedure. The court often resembles... |
2004 |
| Michael M. O'Hear |
FEDERALISM AND DRUG CONTROL |
57 Vanderbilt Law Review 783 (April, 2004) |
I. A Survey of the Conceptual Terrain. 789 A. Four Leading Paradigms of Drug Control Policy. 789 B. A Note on Terminology. 792 II. The Evolution of Federal Drug Policy. 793 A. 1914-1968: The Other Prohibition. 794 B. 1969-1980: Making War on Drugs. 797 C. 1981-2000: Escalating the War--The Triumph of Enforcement. 799 D. Federal Policy in the... |
2004 |
| Jonathan Kahn, J.D., Ph.D. |
HOW A DRUG BECOMES "ETHNIC": LAW, COMMERCE, AND THE PRODUCTION OF RACIAL CATEGORIES IN MEDICINE |
4 Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics 1 (Winter 2004) |
A drug called BiDil is poised to become the first pharmaceutical ever approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat heart failure specifically in African Americans--and only African Americans. On March 8, 2001, NitroMed, then a privately held biotech firm in Massachusetts, issued a press release triumphantly announcing the... |
2004 |
| M. Casey Kucharson |
PLEASE REPORT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, URINE TROUBLE: THE EFFECT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION V. EARLS ON AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN |
37 Akron Law Review 131 (2004) |
High school students participating in extracurricular activities will lose sleep stressing about a new type of exam. Not a traditional exam that tests their knowledge of math, social studies, or English, but an exam that tests their urine. Drug abuse among high school students is a serious problem that school officials confront everyday. Instead of... |
2004 |
| Rene Bowser |
RACE AS A PROXY FOR DRUG RESPONSE: THE DANGERS AND CHALLENGES OF ETHNIC DRUGS |
53 DePaul Law Review 1111 (Spring 2004) |
Considerable debate exists concerning the use of race in medical research and in clinical practice. Race, according to some, is of little or no biological significance and, therefore, should be of little or no importance in making treatment decisions. Others insist that a patient's race can, and should, influence the doctor's thinking about... |
2004 |
| L. Buckner Inniss |
A MOVING VIOLATION? HYPERCRIMINALIZED SPACES AND FORTUITOUS PRESENCE IN DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONES |
8 Texas Forum on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 51 (Spring 2003) |
I. Introduction. 52 II. Criminalized Spaces in General and Drug Free Zones--The Hypercriminalized Space. 54 A. Criminalized Space. 54 B. Hypercriminalized Space. 63 III. The Creation of the Federal Schoolyard Drug Statutes and Recurring Challenges to Validity. 65 IV. Congressional Power to Legislate in the Area of Drug Interdiction. 68 V. Due... |
2003 |
| Elizabeth Tison |
AMENDING THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR COCAINE OFFENSES: THE 100-TO-1 RATIO IS NOT AS "CRACKED" UP AS SOME SUGGEST |
27 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 413 (Winter, 2003) |
From no other governmental institution is so much expected as from the American system of justice. Covered extensively by the media, monitored closely by the public at large and administered by proponents of differing philosophies, our system always has and always will be subject to debate, both within and without the ranks of those who administer... |
2003 |
| R. Richard Banks |
BEYOND PROFILING: RACE, POLICING, AND THE DRUG WAR |
56 Stanford Law Review 571 (December, 2003) |
Introduction. 572 I. The Campaign Against Racial Profiling. 574 A. Consensus and Data Collection. 574 B. The Innocence Emphasis. 576 C. The Irrationality Claim. 577 1. Self-fulfilling prophecy and survey data claims.. 577 2. Hit rates argument.. 578 II. The Ambiguity of the Evidence. 580 A. Limitations of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and Survey Data... |
2003 |
| Andrew Armstrong |
DRUG COURTS AND THE DE FACTO LEGALIZATION OF DRUG USE FOR PARTICIPANTS IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES |
94 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 133 (Fall 2003) |
The recreational possession and use of some drugs is regarded as a criminal offense in every state in the nation. What this means for an offender is that the state views discrete incidents of detected possession not as manifestations of an over-arching addiction, but as isolated crimes deserving punishment. This approach comports with a traditional... |
2003 |
| Robert J. Aalberts |
DRUG TESTING TENANTS: DOES IT VIOLATE RIGHTS OF PRIVACY? |
38 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 479 (Fall, 2003) |
Editors' Synopsis: Drug activity is a serious problem in many apartment complexes. Innocent tenants can be victimized by violent crime, robberies, and burglaries committed by drug dealers and users. In recent years, the popular press has reported stories concerning private sector landlords who are requiring prospective tenants, as well as tenants... |
2003 |
| Joseph E. Kennedy |
DRUG WARS IN BLACK AND WHITE |
66-SUM Law and Contemporary Problems 153 (Summer 2003) |
Over the past two decades, we have waged war on drugs. Yet it is not likely to be news to any reader of this Symposium on race and criminal justice that the primary casualties of that war have been African Americans and other individuals of color. The debate over the racial complexion of the war against drugs often devolves into a clash of... |
2003 |
| David E. Steinberg |
HIGH SCHOOL DRUG TESTING AND THE ORIGINAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT |
30 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 263 (Spring 2003) |
I. Random Drug Tests and the Fourth Amendment. 265 A. The Road to Earls: Supreme Court Decisions on Random Drug Tests. 265 B. Random Drug Tests in High Schools. 267 1. Acton. 268 2. Earls. 269 3. Summary. 270 II. The Original Understanding of the Fourth Amendment. 270 A. The Controversies That Resulted in the Fourth Amendment. 271 1. The John... |
2003 |
| Judge William F. Chinnock |
NO SMOKING AROUND CHILDREN: THE FAMILY COURTS' MANDATORY DUTY TO RESTRAIN PARENTS AND OTHER PERSONS FROM SMOKING AROUND CHILDREN |
45 Arizona Law Review 801 (Fall 2003) |
A man's home is his castle, but no one is allowed to hurt little children-- even in his castle. A considered analysis of family law across the United States leads to this inescapable conclusion: a family court that does not issue court orders restraining persons from smoking in the presence of children under the court's care fails those children... |
2003 |
| David W. Rasmussen , Bruce L. Benson |
RATIONALIZING DRUG POLICY UNDER FEDERALISM |
30 Florida State University Law Review 679 (Summer, 2003) |
I. L2-4,T4Introduction 679 II. L2-4,T4The Intended Benefits of Criminalization and Enforcement: Are They Effectively Achieved? 684 A. L3-4,T4Reducing Drug Consumption 685 B. L3-4,T4The Elusive Benefit of Lowering Drug Use via Enforcement 687 III. L2-4,T4Enforcement Can Change Relative Prices and Consumption Patterns 692 A. L3-4,T4Persistence of... |
2003 |
| Kurt V. Laker |
SMOKE AND MIRRORS: THE SELF-EXAMINATION OF CANADIAN MARIJUANA POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF DECRIMINALIZATION IN THE NETHERLANDS |
14 Indiana International & Comparative Law Review 341 (2003) |
Drug policy reform is almost a non-issue in American government. The only politically viable stance is a hardline position against all illegal drugs with harsh penalties for offenders. Congress has attempted to stifle research into alternative drug policies by introducing House Bill 135. This only illuminates the boldness of the Canadian Senate,... |
2003 |
| Brian Narvaez |
TEXAS REACTS TO TULIA AND THE DRUG WAR'S PERSECUTION OF MINORITIES |
28 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 317 (Spring, 2003) |
I. L2-4,T4Introduction and Scope 318 II. L2-4,T4The War on Drugs and Its Effects 320 A. L3-4,T4An Overview of the War on Drugs 320. B. L3-4,T4Race and Justice 321. 1. Race and Crime. 322 2. Race and Prison. 322 3. Race and Sentencing. 324 C. L3-4,T4Racial Profiling 326. III. L2-4,T4Constitutional Analysis 329 A. L3-4,T4Introduction to Equal... |
2003 |
| Josephine Gittler |
THE AMERICAN DRUG WAR, MATERNAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND CHILD PROTECTION: A COMMENTARY |
7 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 237 (Spring 2003) |
Federal, state, and local governments have been fighting a protracted war on drugs, the most prominent component of which has been the enactment and enforcement of criminal anti-drug laws. A major criticism of this war is that it has been ineffective and costly because there continues to be a substantial supply of and demand for drugs despite the... |
2003 |
| Kathleen R. Sandy |
THE DISCRIMINATION INHERENT IN AMERICA'S DRUG WAR: HIDDEN RACISM REVEALED BY EXAMINING THE HYSTERIA OVER CRACK |
54 Alabama Law Review 665 (Winter 2003) |
A significant, but decreasing, percentage of Americans believe the War on Drugs is justified, believing that the benefits outweigh the costs. If you are one of these people, consider the following: The United States spends approximately $1 billion a year to drug test approximately twenty million workers. Companies are finding out that fatigue and... |
2003 |
| Matthew L.M. Fletcher |
THE DRUG WAR ON TRIBAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: ADOPTING THE WAYS OF THE CONQUEROR |
35 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 1 (Fall 2003) |
For three months Gus and the Indian female counselor met weekly. They would smudge before each session with sweet grass. Gus would explore his reality while carrying a stone in his hand. We were learning, listening and talking, speaking freely, not judged. It was the nonjudgmental approach that attracted him --there is a stigma on a non-Indian... |
2003 |
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THE FORDHAM LAW DRUG POLICY REFORM PROJECT AMERICA'S OLDEST WAR: THE EFFICACY OF UNITED STATES DRUG POLICY--A DEBATE BETWEEN GRAHAM BOYD, ACLU AND ASA HUTCHINSON, DEA |
30 Fordham Urban Law Journal 401 (January, 2003) |
MS. KAY: Hi. Thank you all for coming and welcome. My name is Amanda Kay and I am the Executive Director of the Fordham Law Drug Policy Reform Project. When four of us started this group in September, we had a lot of ideas, but never really guessed that we would be able to bring such esteemed speakers here and attract law students from beyond... |
2003 |
| Ronald Timothy Fletcher |
THE MEDICAL NECESSITY DEFENSE AND DE MINIMIS PROTECTION FOR PATIENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM USING MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES: A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION UNDER FEDERAL DRUG LAWS |
37 Valparaiso University Law Review 983 (Summer, 2003) |
[M]arijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man .. One must reasonably conclude that there is accepted safety for use of marijuana under medical supervision. To conclude otherwise, on the record, would be unreasonable, arbitrary, and capricious. The marijuana plant has been known to exist for... |
2003 |
| Steven S. Martin, James A. Inciardi, Daniel J. O'Connell, Senior Scientist, Professor and Director, Research Associate Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies |
TREATMENT RESEARCH IN OZ-IS RANDOMIZATION THE IDEAL OR JUST SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW? |
67-SEP Federal Probation 53 (September, 2003) |
MEETING THE TREATMENT needs of offenders within the correctional system promises an important societal investment in reducing the number of incarcerated drug-involved offenders and the concomitant burgeoning costs of incarceration and health care. Researchers have documented the high costs of drug-abusing offenders whose criminal activity, criminal... |
2003 |
| Regina Austin |
"STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK": POOR MOMS, MYTHS OF AUTHORITY, AND DRUG-RELATED EVICTIONS FROM PUBLIC HOUSING |
14 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 273 (2002) |
Once upon a time, the old superstition Step on a crack, break your mother's back turned many of my walks down city streets into a game. What else could cracks have referred to but the lines and crevices in the pavement? Of course, it did not much matter, since little depended on it. I knew that my mama's well-being did not rise or fall with my... |
2002 |
| Tal Klement, Elizabeth Siggins |
A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY: ADDRESSING THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND RACIAL DISPARITY IN SEATTLE |
1 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 165 (Spring/Summer, 2002) |
L1-2Table of Contents: Executive Summary. 168 Section I. Introduction. 171 Central Question of this Report:. 171 Background: The Minority & Justice Commission Report. 172 The Harm of Racial Disparity. 173 Methodology. 174 Structure of Report. 175 Section II. Defining Disparity. 175 Racial Demographics for the City, County, and State. 176 Disparity:... |
2002 |
| Keith Donoghue |
CASUALTIES OF WAR: CRIMINAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ITS SPECIAL COSTS FOR THE POOR |
77 New York University Law Review 1776 (December, 2002) |
Over the last three decades, different criticisms have emerged in response to the war on drugs. One strain of argument relies on a pragmatic analysis of the costs and benefits to society as a whole of using criminal sanctions. Although the costs associated with drug-related harms and drug enforcement disproportionately burden poor communities,... |
2002 |
| Graham Boyd |
COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN THE WAR ON DRUGS |
47 Villanova Law Review 839 (2002) |
A declaration of war, now as at other moments in our national history, invites us to disregard the normal rules of conduct under the imperative of a higher goal assumed to trump all other considerations. For example, Abraham Lincoln suspended the fundamental right to the Writ of Habeas Corpus, citing the exigencies of the Civil War as a rationale... |
2002 |
| Phyllis Goldfarb |
COUNTING THE DRUG WAR'S FEMALE CASUALTIES |
6 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 277 (Fall 2002) |
This article explores the impact of the drug war on women's lives. In Part I, I examine the usage of the word war and its connotations. In Part II, I illustrate the impact of the drug war on women's lives by detailing a dozen federal cases in which women have served--or, in several instances continue to serve--long mandatory sentences for drug... |
2002 |
| Michael A. Simons |
DEPARTING WAYS: UNIFORMITY, DISPARITY AND COOPERATION IN FEDERAL DRUG SENTENCES |
47 Villanova Law Review 921 (2002) |
I. Introduction. 921 II. The Sentencing Guidelines, Mandatory Minimums and the War on Drugs. 925 A. The Demise of Rehabilitation and the Birth of the War on Drugs. 925 B. The Sentencing Guidelines and Departures: An Overview. 931 C. Departures in Drug Cases. 938 D. Cooperation Departures and Disparity. 944 III. In Defense of Cooperation (and... |
2002 |
| Sandra, Guerra, Thompson, Associate Dean for, Academic Affairs and, Professor of Law,, University of Houston, Law Center |
DID THE WAR ON DRUGS DIE WITH THE BIRTH OF THE WAR ON TERRORISM?: A CLOSER LOOK AT CIVIL FORFEITURE AND RACIAL PROFILING AFTER 9/11 |
Federal Sentencing Reporter (January 1, 2002) |
We stand at the threshold of a new era in law enforcementor do we? The tragic events of September 11th make the task of considering the role of law enforcement in fighting the war on drugs much more complex. Indeed, judging from media accounts since 9/11, there is virtually no war on drugs left to discuss. That is to say, with reporting... |
2002 |