Stories by Eric Sterling

Eric E. Sterling has been president of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, a private non-profit educational organization, since 1989. subscribe to Eric Sterling's feed

Why Do We Treat Heroin Addicts Like They Deserve to Die?

Posted on: Apr 5, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Blindness to humanity in "the other" -- the drug-users -- maintains our country's cruel drug policy.

40 Years of Drug War Hasn't Worked; "Time for a Change," Says 9-Year Veteran

Posted on: Jun 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The public understands how disastrous it's been -- now it's time for the politicians and law enforcement to change course.