40 Years, $1 Trillion, 45 Million Arrests: This is the War on Drugs.
Forty years ago, President Nixon called a press conference to tell the American people that their “public enemy #1” was drug abuse. He then proceeded to declare an all-out war on drug users and sellers, with resounding repercussions on criminal justice policy and on vast numbers of Americans.
Subsequent presidents, drug czars, and local politicians have followed Nixon’s lead, fueling an unprecedented boom in…
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A Brief Outline of Drug Policies in the United States
DRUG LAWS PRE-1960S
1914 – The Harrison Act restricts the sale of heroin and cocaine – both legal at the time – and establishes a legal framework for federal intervention on drug policy.
1919 – Alcohol prohibition is enacted as the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. The failure of Prohibition led to its repeal in 1933 – the only Constitutional Amendment ever repealed by the States.
1937 – After…
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The United States is the world's leader in incarceration with 2.3 million people currently in the nation's prisons or jails -- a 500% increase over the past thirty years. Some of these are murderers, robbers or rapists, but many are non-violent offenders whose behavior can be changed by approaches that are much more effective than long sentences. Compounding the problem is the fact that thousands of these nonviolent offenders receive lengthy mandatory minimum terms in state and federal…
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Drug War Statistics
Did you know....
Amount spent annually in the U.S. on the war on drugs: More than $51,000,000,000
Number of people arrested in 2011 in the U.S. on nonviolent drug charges: 1.53 million
Number of people arrested for a marijuana law violation in 2011: 757,969
Number of those charged with marijuana law violations who were arrested for possession only: 663,032 (86 percent)
Number of Americans incarcerated in 2009 in federal, state and local…
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Local couple ensure Christmas cheer
By Robert Soares
December 27, 2012 - 4:15 pm
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Rob and Lucinda Boyd at toy drive Christmas party.
During this holiday season, leaders of “The Streets Don’t Love You Back” movement, Robert and Lucinda Boyd, delivered toys and goodies to children across the Valley as part of…
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we would like to thank grand slamm records for donating to our 4th year toy drive all the way from my home town detroit. mike tomlin for sending all the way from rogers,ark,Monica Gray from az,suave goddi from ohio,Penascos Mexican Restauran from az, Ivan Henderson from az,patricia shelton from flordia ,bennett rice from my home town detroit, Anytime Fitness from az,Maricopa Monitor Newspaper from az,Nails 4 U from az,Phoenix Boys and Girls Center from az,very supper thanks to Arizona's…
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WAR takes place on Friday, January 18th from the Arizona Event Center in Mesa, Arizona and all 8 pro bouts will be streamed live nationally via GFL.tv. The event is being presented by Hennessy V.S, Raging Babe Events, and Crank It Up Promotions. All bouts live and subject to change. Tickets are on sale at selected Food City Stores and online. Visit www.RagingBabe.com for more information, all ticket outlet locations, and fight updates. The Arizona…
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Monica (Kinsky) Gray
about her book: The Adventure of Being: self-knowledge through life experiences, is the result of 19 years of living and discovering that life can be difficult, that yes, we are going to have a lot of challenges that we might think…
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Ray Beltran outslugs Ji-Hoon Kim in Las Vegas
RAY BELTRAN-JI HOON KIMDECEMBER 7, 2012BY: BILL SHIMIZUSubscribe
In Thursday night's ESPN Friday Night Fights Special Edition main event, NABF lightweight champion Ray Beltran retained his belt via a 98-92, 98-92 and 97-94 unanimous decision victory over the very game Ji-Hoon Kim at The Mirage Hotel & Casino in…
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Ray Beltran Beats Ji-Hoon Kim; Jessie Magdaleno Wins Too in Vegas
Written by David A. Avila
Friday, 07 December 2012 09:44
Beltran sends Kim to the mat in a wild round one. (Chris Farina-Top Rank)
LAS VEGAS-Raymundo Beltran survived an exchange of knockdowns in the first round to out-last the very tough Ji Hoon Kim and retain the NABF lightweight…
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The Phoenix Boys Center hosted "Amateur Boxing Fight Night" on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the American Legion Post 2 in Tempe and was Sponsored by The Streets Don't Love You Back Movement. The bout was sanctioned by USA Boxing Arizona, the governing body for amateur boxing in Arizona.
Some boxing notables were in attendance and working the corner for a few of the boxers in the eleven bout card. NABF Lightweight Champion, Ray Beltran, former World Flyweight Champion,…
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TULSA, Oklahoma - A Sapulpa woman is fighting back against domestic violence. Susan Jones was nearly beaten to death earlier this year.
Now she's going public and hoping her story helps other women leave abusive relationships.
"He got mad and…
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WARNING VERY GRAPHIC DISCUSSION ON CHILD ABUSE!
Panel: David Little Eagle and Nell Cole
The Girl Nobody Wants - A shocking true story of child abuse in Ireland
Lily O'Brien…
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Bill Gates recently gave a Commencement speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about…
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