Stories by Gabriel Sayegh
Jail for drug offenses is no longer mandatory in New York: judges can send people suffering from addiction into a range of programs, such as treatment and mental health services.
Posted on Oct 9, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Drug addiction shouldn't be a crime -- the real crime would be if reform of New York's draconian drug laws were stymied yet again.
Posted on Mar 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Let's stop spending over $500 million every year on ineffective and wasteful policies like the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
Posted on Dec 2, 2008, Source: AlterNet
With 91 percent of people incarcerated under New York States' drug laws being black and Latino, it's time for Gov. Eliot Spitzer to make good on his election promise to deliver real reform.
Posted on May 5, 2007, Source: AlterNet
