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Alternatives to Imprisonment	The Sentencing Advisory Council has released a report on community attitudes towards the use of alternatives to imprisonment in Victoria. The report...
Drug guidelines suggest lighter sentences for 'social dealers'	Recreational drug users who naively buy small quantities to share with their friends could avoid jail under sentencing guidelines for drug offences. T...
Drugs mule terms cut in new sentencing guidelines	People who smuggle drugs will face more lenient sentences if they have been exploited, under new guidelines. The change in approach on "drug mule...
Former Supreme Court justice blasts minimum sentences for marijuana offenders	Canada’s new mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders are based on “very bad criminal law policy” and constitute a threat to ...
Improving community health and safety in Canada through evidence-based policies on illegal drugs	The use of illegal drugs remains a serious threat to community health. However, despite the substantial social costs attributable to illegal drugs, a...
Justices to Decide on Fairness in Drug Sentences	The Supreme Court agreed to resolve a question that has vexed the lower federal courts since Congress enacted a law to narrow the gap between sentence...
Obama Drug Policy: Reforming the Criminal Justice System	The complexity and scale of our drug problem requires a nationwide effort to support smart drug policies that reduce drug use and its consequences. ...
Obama Hasn’t Reformed Criminal Justice—Could Romney Do Better?	Whose website laments that in the United States today we have “more than one million nonviolent offenders fill the nation’s prisons,” and sings the pr...
Ottawa's ideology-based drug policies under fire	A number of leading figures in Canadian public health are criticizing the federal government's approach to drug policy, suggesting political ideo...
Pills and progress	On a recent evening, some 50 people turned up for their weekly reckoning at Judge Joel Bennett’s drug court in Austin, Texas. Those who had had a go...
Response from IDPC to the Sentencing Council for England and Wales Consultation on the Drug Offences Guideline	The Sentencing Council for England and Wales initiated a consultation process in order to produce definitive sentencing guidelines for drugs offenc...
Sentencing for Drug Offences in England and Wales	Sentencing for drug offences in England and Wales has recently undergone a wide-sweeping review and public consultation. The purpose of this report is...
The war on the truth about drugs	What's the smallest unit of celebration? A whooplet? I need one to mark the news that sentencing for drug offences, in some cases, will be short...
U.S. officials tell Tories war on drugs has failed	A high-profile group of current and former U.S. law enforcement officials has written to the Conservative government with a surprising message: Take i...
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