Crack Cocaine War
A Racial Shift In Drug-Crime Prisoners
For the first time since crack cocaine sparked a war on drugs 20 years ago, the number of blac. k Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has fallen sharply, while the number of white … Read Here
The Crack Attack
Horgan, John, “A Kinder War.”Scientific American, July 25, 1993, p. 6. Inciardi, James, “Beyond Cocaine: Basuco, Crack, and Other Coca Products.” … Retrieve Document
The “Crack/Powder” Disparity: Can The International Race …
Caine offenses. under federal law, possession of five grams of crack cocaine carries the drug enforcement and prosecutorial policies and practices have resulted in the “war … Read Here
2008 Determinants Of Crack Cocaine Trial And Addiction
Crack cocaine in the United States first became an issue ofpublic concern during the 1980s "War on Drugs." Crack cocaine was tenned an "epidemic" that was spreading rapidly. … Fetch Content
CIA And The Contras’ cocaine Connection A True Story
There are a few manuscripts, which deals with the issue: • Report of Investigation by the CIA • The CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy by the with the cooperation with Afghan and Pakistani heroin smugglers when the Reagan Administration supported the Mujahedin during the Afghan war. Cocaine … Read Full Source
USAWC STRATEGY RESEARCH PROJECT – AMERICA’S WAR ON COCAINE …
AMERICA’S WAR ON COCAINE: THE NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL SUPPLY REDUCTION The introduction of “crack” cocaine – an easily smokeable cocaine … Doc Retrieval
COMMENT Cocaine Base: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Racism Revealed by Examining the Hysteria over Crack, 54 ALA. L. REV. 665, 678 (2003) (discussing history of America’s drug war); Spade, supra note 9, at 1241 (discussing history of cocaine). … Fetch Full Source
Cracked Justice
Following the adoption of the federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, fourteen states implemented sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine in their criminal codes. Although each state crafted its laws differently, the national war on drugs impacted state policies, resulting in harsh … Return Document
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Respect to crack cocaine. For all its moralism and quasi-religious fervor, the crucial and inequitable premise of our current drug war is that whites can … Fetch Document
Overview Of Topics On Cocaine And Amphetamines
• Freebase/Crack Cocaine • Amphetamines • History • First synthesis • Use during WWII • Post-war amphetamine epidemic • The wane of amphetamine use in the late 1960s … Get Document
CQ CONGRESSIONAL TRANSCRIPTS June 19, 2012 – Final Senate …
war and passing legislati on like the Genocide Accountability Act. But we also have an obligation to look in the mirror, to look at our own sentenced to 23 years in prison for possessing crack cocaine. He was from Alton, Illinois (ph), he … View Doc
Media And Drugs
E.g., Crack Cocaine in 1980s . Crack cocaine; cheap form of cocaine, mixed with baking Why is “crack war” problematic? “Invented” Media, politicians . Inaccurate; Crack use rare, isolated to inner-city; Cocaine use actually declined during time … Document Retrieval
CRACK COCAINE REFORM
Although there are larger numbers of documented White crack cocaine users, federal law enforcement and prosecutorial practices have resulted in the war on drugs … Document Viewer
Crack Cocaine Sentencing Policy: Unjustified And Unreasonable
Crack Cocaine Sentencing Policy: Unjustified and Unreasonable Overview Crack cocaine became prevalent in the mid-1980s and received massive media attention … View Document
Paco Under Scrutiny
A Pointless War. Drugs and Violence in Brazil. Debate Paper No. 11, November 2004 Cocaine, crack and cocaine base paste are also often found in the labs. Since these … View This Document
The War On Drugs
4 drug use in the country and gain support for his War on Drugs. 8 Much of Regan’s media campaign focused on the emergence of the use of crack cocaine in inner – city areas. 9 Contrary to popular belief, there is no truth that War on Drugs was launched in response to the increased usage of … Fetch Doc
The City Of Birmingham Crack Cocaine Strategy 2005 – 2008
Material gains have been made in the post war years, that the spectre of serious drug misuse Crack cocaine is a form of cocaine powder which is usually smoked but can also be injected. … Content Retrieval