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[Online Library] Incarceration Nation

[Online Library] Incarceration Nation

Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, questions the US use of incarceration to solve our societal problems.

[via Drug Policy Alliance News and Action Alerts]

[Online Library] Losing Ground: Drug Control and War in Afghanistan

[Online Library] Losing Ground: Drug Control and War in Afghanistan

This Drugs & Conflict briefing from the Transnational Institute (TNI) focuses on opium elimination efforts and the controversy about involving military forces in anti-drugs operations in Afghanistan. It also provides background on the Afghan drug control strategy, its new counter-narcotics law, and the role of Afghanistan within the global opiates market.

[via Drug Policy Alliance News and Action Alerts]