Ryan Grim, Wiley Press. July 6, 2009. Exclusive from new book shares the '80s generation's encounter with illicit drugs, and how they really caught on.
DRCNetMay 1, 2009. In a break with the Bush administration, Justice Department called Congress to pass legislation to undo our vast sentencing disparities.
Anthony Papa, Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. March 5, 2009. 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.
Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. December 2, 2008. Let's stop spending over $500 million every year on ineffective and wasteful policies like the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
AlterNetNovember 1, 2008. This election, California voters have a huge chance -- and a special responsibility -- to vote on dramatic progressive reforms.
Malakkar Vohryzek, AlterNet. April 22, 2008. Why are we still incarcerating people who use controlled substances, when we have ample evidence that this "cure" is worse than the "disease"?
Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet. October 17, 2007. When crack cocaine possession means 24 years in prison and manslaughter means only 3, you know something is seriously wrong with the U.S. criminal justice system.
Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. May 5, 2007. 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.
