June 17 marks anniversary of Nixon’s 1971 “War on Drugs” speech: IPS Drug Policy Director Sanho Tree available for comment, interviews
“The drug war has always been about the oppression and social control of people of color and minority groups.”
The Trauma of Losing a Parent to Incarceration
More than 5 million children have a parent in jail. A country that allows such massive infliction of trauma on its children is a country whose entire future is in question.