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Working to end drug war injustice, the November Coalition,
a non-profit grassroots organization, was founded in 1997.
Members educate the public about destructive, unnecessary
incarceration due to the U.S. drug war, and advocate for drug
war prisoners.
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The drug war does not reduce drug use. Choosing to wage
a 'war' on drugs stimulates a violent, underground economy, an
economy which would collapse if drug prohibition ended. Our country
and our world should be safer, not simply less free.
Prisoners of the drug war share stories of injustice:
Read about it at
www.appalshop.org/h2h/projects.htm
Listen online and participate at
www.appalshop.org/wmmt
Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 04:12 PM PDT
Highlights of Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Sen. Webbs Criminal
Justice Bill, June 12, 2009
New Local Scenes: New
Haven Denounces Drug War Injustice , May 2, 2009, New
Haven, CT
Federal Sentencing Resources; from
US Office of
Defender Services (DC)
Rachel's
Law On Confidential Informants Takes Effect Wednesday ;
from Tampa Tribune (FL), 6/30/09
DEA
Agent Lee Lucas Indicted On Perjury, Civil Rights Charges; Pleads
Not Guilty ; from Plain Dealer (OH), 5/14/09
Tools For Lawyers: Resources For Tackling Informants
In Court ; from The ACLU Informant Project -- More Snitch News
Two
Judges Target Cocaine Penalties ; from Washington Post
(DC), 6/29/09
OpEd: Retired
Judge Says It Is Time To End War On Marijuana ; from Bellingham
Herald (WA), 3/21/09
Judge Quest To Decriminalize Minor Drug Use Gets Support ;
from Houston Chronicle (TX), 1/15/09 -- More
Dissenting Opinions
Blinded
Inmate Lost In Shadows Of Bureaucracy ; from Los Angeles
Times (CA), 6/28/09
Houston
Police Mum On Marijuana Prisoner's Death ; from Raw
Story (US)
Americans
For SWAT Reform , a project of DRCNet . Sign the Petition for Responsible
Use of SWAT -- Watch the Video: SWAT Raids: No One Is
Safe . May 2009 -- More Abuse
News
Medical
Marijuana In WA: Bubble Bath And Higher Education ; from
Federal Way Mirror (WA), 6/27/09
Pot
Establishing Medicinal Niche ; from Spokesman-Review
(WA), 6/24/09
Feds
Indict Zehm Officer ; from Spokesman-Review (WA), 6/23/09
-- More WA State News &Activism
World
Drug Report 2009 ; from United Nations Office of Drug
Control (UN), 6/24/09 (pdf)
The
Failure of the War on Drugs: Charting a New Course for the Commonwealth ;
from Massachusetts Bar Association (MA), June 2009
A History Of Drug Prohibition And A Prediction
For Its Abolition And Replacement ; from Transform
Drug Policy Foundation (UK), June 2009
The
WHO Cocaine Report The US Didn't Want You To See ; from
Transform Drug Policy Foundation (UK), 6/10/09 -- More Studies and Reports
Column:
The Dumb And Mean War On Drugs ; from San Francisco
Chronicle (US), 5/8/09
Justice
Department Urges Equalizing Drug Sentences ; from Washington
Post (DC), 4/29/09
Now
That He's Released, Garrison's First Priority is Reform ;
from Crack The Disparity (US), 4/4/09 -- More
on Crack/Powder Cocaine
CNN's IReports: Prison And Your Family .
Share your stories of Drug War Injustice here! from CNN ,
May 2009
The Released: What Happens To Mentally Ill
Offenders After Prison? from PBS Frontline (US),
4/28/09
State-By-State
Look At Felon Voting Restoration ; from FindLaw.com
(US), 3/23/09
Ex-Felon
Voters Foiled By Confused Officials ; from Truthout.org
(US), 10/8/08 -- More ReEntry
News
2nd
Circuit Clarifies Consecutive Mandatory Minimum Sentencing ;
from Law.com (US), 3/11/09
US Supreme Court: Guidelines Are Really, Truly
Advisory ; from Sentencing Law and Policy , 1/29/09
Federal
Sentencing Study Profile Index ; by Professor David
Zlotnick, Roger Williams University School of Law - More Sentencing News
Meth
Survey Says Risks Seem Not To Deter Teens ; from Associated
Press (US), 1/28/09
Editorial:
Crystal Deception ; from Free Libertarian Blog
(US), 5/3/08
OpEd: Arizona's
War On Meth: What About All The Other Drugs? from East
Valley Tribune (AZ), 4/18/08 -- More
Meth News
Visit
The Thousand Kites Project Today! -- Video: About The Thousand Kites Project ; from
YouTube , 9/26/07
Drug War News - Don't Miss:
This
Is Your War On Drugs; from Mother Jones (US), 7/1/09
Column:
Drug Control Begets Gun Control; from Reason Magazine (US),
7/1/09
Column:
Reality Bites In Drug Debate; from Canberra Times (AUS), 6/30/09
US
Announces Shift In Afghanistan Drug Policy; from Huffington
Post (US), 6/28/09
Coalition
Pushes For Alternatives To More Prisons; from Bradenton Herald
(FL), 6/24/09
American
Nightmare -- Will Foster and Justice, Oklahoma Style; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 6/26/09
Ending
the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses -- Now Is the Time, Say Human
Rights, Harm Reduction Groups; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
6/26/09
Our
Real Prison Problem: Why Are We So Worried About Gitmo? from
Newsweek (US), 6/15/09
Drug War News Archive
Meet Barbara
Fair, New Haven, CT ; Fr.
Tom Hereford, New Haven, MO ; Chrystal
Weaver, Pembroke Pines, FL , and Other
November Coalition Staff and Volunteers .
The US Sentencing Commission's Assessment of How Well the
Federal Criminal Justice System is Achieving the Goals of Sentencing
Reform warrants study. View
the Executive Summary and Download the Report -- Read
a Layperson's Assessment of the Assessment , by Nora Callahan
Meet the People Behind
The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines -- Read
More About Guideline Sentencing
Recent Drug War News Stories:
Incarceration:
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Racial Issues:
Drug Raids:
Chronic Pain:
Newly Updated: Latest Data
Drug War Casualty Graphs