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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:

Will Foster (update)
Clarence Aaron (update)
Ryan Frederick
Terry Clark
Tony Cartwright
Bertha Burleson
Carlos Hendon
Forest Niemeyer
Jesse Jerome Dean Jr.
Scott Day
Tracy Ingle
Cory Maye
Eugene Fischer
Carlos Cuevas-Morales
Sgt. Patrick Lett
Bernard Sherrill
Stephanie Nodd
Richard Paey: Pardoned!
Bryan Epis (update)
Mark O'Hara
Darryl M. Smith
George Martorano (update)
Alva Mae Groves (update)
Namat Rahman
Moscow Activists
Lawrence Mitchell
Peter Ninemire
Andrea Asch (update)

Read about it at
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Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 04:12 PM PDT

• Sen. Webb Lays it Out! S 714: The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009; Introduced in the Senate by Sen. James Webb (D-VA), March 26, 2009
• Why We Must Fix Our Prisons, By Sen. Jim Webb; from Parade Magazine (US), 3/29/09

Nora Callahan discusses Sen. Webb, torture and the war on drugs on the Cultural Baggage Radio Show, April 29, 2009 Visit Cultural Baggage at the DrugTruth Network

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

Read the Transcript of Bureau of Prisons' Director Harley Lappin's Summer 2008 Testimony to the House Appropriations Committee, with statistics and a litany of problems facing the BOP you won't find anywhere else. To publicly comment on this transcript visit: State of the BOP from Nora's Blog

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

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