Canada should learn something from Americans’ failed drug strategy

National Public Radio reported on March 28 that New York State Governor David Paterson unveiled a landmark deal on March 27 that would scrap most of his state's, so-called "Rockefeller" drug laws. The system of mandatory prison sentences has been criticized as unfair, harsh, and too expensive eve...

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