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Drug-Free School Zone Laws Questioned

Source:  The Associated Press Author:  David Crary Date of Publication: Thu, 03/23/2006In reaction to the crack epidemic of the 1980s, laws creating drug-free zones around schools spread nationwide....

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Massachusetts drug-free zone law ineffective, not evenly enforced

In Massachusetts, where 80 percent of those sentenced with the drug-free enhancement are ethnic and racial minorities, two different research efforts have determined that the laws are not working as...

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Connecticut drug-free zone laws blanket minority neighborhoods but fail to...

Connecticut ranks at the top in the nation in the degree of disparity between the rates of incarceration for whites and blacks. The state’s drug-free zone laws contribute to that disparity by...

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New Jersey drug-free zone laws produce "devastating" disparity, no deterrence

New Jersey's drug-free zone laws have no deterrent effect on drug sales near schools but instead fuel racial disparity in imprisonment according to New Jersey's Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing...

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Disparity by Design: How drug-free zone laws impact racial disparity – and...

Documents: Download the ReportA new report coauthored by Justice Strategies analysts Judy Greene and Kevin Pranis, and Jason Ziedenberg of The Justice Policy Institute, finds that drug-free zone laws...

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Study Concludes Drug-free Zones Not Protecting Children (NJ)

Source:  The Press of Atlantic City Author:  Lynda Cohen Date of Publication: Fri, 03/24/2006Drug-free zones not only don't protect children, but instead have put a disproportionate number of...

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Supporters Urge Change to Laws on Drug-free School Zones (CT)

Source:  The Stamford Advocate Author:  Tobin A. Coleman Date of Publication: Sat, 03/25/2006HARTFORD -- Calling current law racist, activists yesterday pushed for a bill that would shrink the size of...

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