Drug War
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Incarceration Nation
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(También en Español) News of Note: Zakaria: Incarceration nation “Here are the facts. The U.S. has 760 prisoners per 100,000 citizens. That’s not just many more than in most other developed countries but seven to 10 times as many. Japan has 63 per 100,000, Germany has 90, France has 96, South Korea has 97, and…
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Pot Legalization Foe Getting Rich off the Drug War
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(También en Español) News of Note: Pot Legalization Foe Getting Rich off the Drug War “The lobbyist who helped kill California’s Proposition 19, the 2010 ballot measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana, has constructed an entire business model around keeping pot illegal. While fighting against the proposed law, lobbyist John Lovell accepted nearly $400,000 from…